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Decadron

American  
[dek-uh-dron] / ˈdɛk əˌdrɒn /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of dexamethasone.


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The breakthrough revived the program and led the industry to produce and improve on Compound E, renamed cortisone, yielding medicines such as Merck’s own Decadron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Trosclair began chemotherapy and taking a corticosteroid called Decadron, which left him intensely focused, insatiably hungry and agitated from extreme insomnia followed by bouts of crashing.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2020

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