Use Medrol (Methylprednisolone) Tablet to treat cats and dogs with skin problems, inflammatory conditions or immune-mediated diseases. With enhanced potency, Medrol works similar to prednisone and prednisolone, delivering symptom relief and helping your pets to feel better without the side effects, such as polyuria and polydipsia. Medrol tablets are convenient to feed, as their small size makes them easy to slide into treats or food, with serum levels reaching their peak about 1 to 2 hours after taking. For animal use only.How it Works

Medrol (Methylprednisolone) is a glucocorticoid steroid medication used to treat many inflammatory conditions, pets with adrenal gland disease, and pets with immune-mediated diseases. It is similar to but slightly more potent than prednisone / prednisolone.

Special Precautions

Keep away from children and animals. Not for human use. Because of its inhibitory effect on fibroplasia, methylprednisolone may mask the signs of infection and enhance dissemination of the infecting organism. All animal patients receiving methylprednisolone should be watched for evidence of intercurrent infection. Should infection occur, it must be brought under control by use of appropriate antibacterial measures, or administration of methylprednisolone should be discontinued. MEDROL is a potent therapeutic agent influencing the biochemical behavior of most, if not all, tissues of the body. Because this anti-inflammatory steroid manifests little sodium-retaining activity, the usual early sign of cortisone or hydrocortisone overdosage (ie, increase in body weight due to fluid retention) is not a reliable index of overdosage. Hence, recommended dose levels should not be exceeded, and all animal patients receiving MEDROL should be under close medical supervision. Clinical and experimental data have demonstrated that corticosteroids administered orally or parenterally to animals may induce the first stage of parturition when administered during the last trimester of pregnancy and may precipitate premature parturition followed by dystocia, fetal death, retained placenta, and metritis. Additionally, corticosteroids administered to dogs, rabbits and rodents during pregnancy have resulted in cleft palate in offspring. Corticosteroids administered to dogs during pregnancy have also resulted in other congenital anomalies including deformed forelegs, phocomelia, and anasarca.

Overdose Information

Immediately contact your closest emergency animal hospital or vet.

Side Effects

With therapeutically equivalent doses, the likelihood of occurrence of troublesome side effects is less with methylprednisolone than with prednisolone. See product insert and packaging for full side effect information.

Storage

Store at controlled room temperature 20° to 25° C (68° to 77° F).