Drug details
Colocort (hydrocortisone rectal suspension)
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Colocort (hydrocortisone suspension) is a corticosteroid used as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of ulcerative colitis, especially distal forms, including ulcerative proctitis, ulcerative proctosigmoiditis, and left-sided ulcerative colitis. It has also proven useful in some cases involving the transverse and ascending colons.
The drug is often used to treat Ulcerative colitis .
This drug may have the following side effects:
- headache, and
- slow wound healing,
- muscle weakness,
- high blood pressure (hypertension),
- increased sweating,
- fluid retention,
- osteoporosis,
- peptic ulcer,
- thin fragile skin,
- sodium retention,
- congestive heart failure in susceptible patients,
- potassium loss,
- abdominal distention,
- convulsions,
- rectal bleeding,
- local pain or burning,
- facial redness,
- spinning sensation (vertigo),
- menstrual irregularities
The following drugs are related to Colocort, either as a replacement or used together:
- Humira (adalimumab injection solution for subcutaneous administration)
- Apriso (mesalamine extended-release capsules)
- Asacol (mesalamine delayed-release tablets)
- Asacol HD (mesalamine delayed-release tablets, oral)
- Imuran (azathioprine)
- Azulfidine EN-Tabs (sulfasalazine delayed release tablets)
- Uceris (budesonide rectal foam)
- Delzicol (mesalamine delayed-release capsules)
- Entyvio (vedolizumab for injection, for intravenous use)
- Simponi Aria (golimumab for infusion)
- Simponi Injection (golimumab injection)
- Remicade (infliximab)
- Lialda (mesalamine)
- Pentasa (mesalamine)
- Rowasa (mesalamine rectal suspension enema)