Dexamethasone oral tablet is available as the brand-name drug Hemady, but only in a 20 milligram (mg) strength. Other strengths of dexamethasone oral tablet aren’t available in a brand-name version.

The usual but empirical initial dose in brain tumor patients is an intravenous bolus of 10 mg of dexamethasone, followed by a maintenance dose of 4 mg given by the intravenous (IV) route every 6 ...

In clinical practice, dexamethasone tapering schedules are often prescribed for short-term therapy, and usually consists of an empiric reduction in dose of 2-4 mg every 1-3 days, by either ...