All of the following glucocoicoids lack mineralocoicoid activity,except
Correct Answer: Prednisolone
Description: Prednisolone has glucocoicoid activity. But at high doses fluid retention does occur. Prednisolone is a coicosteroid drug with predominant glucocoicoid and low mineralocoicoid activity, making it useful for the treatment of a wide range of inflammatory and autoimmuneconditions such as asthma, uveitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, rheumatoid ahritis, uicaria, angioedema,ulcerative colitis, pericarditis, temporal aeritis and Crohn's disease, Bell's palsy, multiple sclerosis, cluster headaches, vasculitis, acute lymphoblastic leukemiaand autoimmune hepatitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Kawasaki disease,dermatomyositis, and sarcoidosis. (REF.Essential of medical pharmacology K D TRIPATHI 6 Edition, Page No - 281)
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