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Pharmacology Endocrinology 9ceed057

All of the following glucocoicoids lack mineralocoicoid activity,except

A
Beclomethasone
B
Triamcinolone
C
Prednisolone
D
Dexamethasone
High-Yield Explanation
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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