Dexamethasone Injection: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates

Name: Dexamethasone Injection: Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Precautions and Alternates
Uploaded: 2026-09-22T20:38:24.886Z
Duration: 4 min 32 s
Description: Dexamethasone is a man-made steroid medicine that reduces swelling and calms an overactive immune system. A trained healthcare provider gives it as a shot into a vein, muscle, joint, or other tissue, usually in a hospital or clinic.

Published 22/09/2026

Dexamethasone Injection

Generic name	Dexamethasone (dexamethasone sodium phosphate)
Drug class	Corticosteroid (glucocorticoid)
Forms	Powder to be mixed with liquid for injection, Intra-articular (joint) injection, Soft tissue or lesion injection, Subconjunctival (eye) injection

Dexamethasone is a man-made steroid medicine that reduces swelling and calms an overactive immune system. A trained healthcare provider gives it as a shot into a vein, muscle, joint, or other tissue, usually in a hospital or clinic.

General information

Follow the prescriber and the leaflet that comes with this medicine.