Active ingredients: Dexamethasone
Neofordex 40 mg tablets.
Tablet.
White, oblong (11 mm × 5.5 mm) tablet with a score-line on one face.
The tablet can be divided for administration of a 20 mg dose (see section 4.2).
Each tablet contains dexamethasone acetate, equivalent to 40 mg dexamethasone.
Excipient with known effect: Each tablet contains 98.1 mg lactose (as monohydrate).
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
Dexamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid; it combines high anti-inflammatory effects with low mineralocorticoid activity. It has an approximately 7 times greater anti-inflammatory potency than prednisolone, another commonly prescribed corticosteroid. At high doses it reduces the immune response.
Lactose monohydrate
Microcrystalline cellulose
Magnesium stearate
Colloidal anhydrous silica
10 × 1 tablets in OPA/Aluminium/PVC-Aluminium perforated unit dose blister. Pack size of 10 tablets.
Laboratoires CTRS, 63, rue de l’Est, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Email: ctrs@ctrs.fr
EU/1/15/1053/001
Date of first authorisation: 16 March 2016