Active ingredient
Dexamethasone
20 medications authorised for sale in Canada contain Dexamethasone.
How it is classified
- Sensory organs
- Systemic hormonal preparations, excluding sex hormones and insulins
The anatomical main group records the body system a medicine acts on. It is not a statement of what this ingredient treats, and nothing on this page is. Products containing this ingredient are classified under more than one group.
Products containing Dexamethasone
- Apo-Dexamethasone
- Apo-Dexamethasone
- Ciprodex
- Dexamethasone Sod Phosph Inj 10MG/ML Usp
- Levodexa
- Maxidex
- Maxidex
- Maxitrol
- Maxitrol
- Odan-Dexamethasone Elixir
- Ozurdex
- PMS-Dexamethasone
- PMS-Dexamethasone
- PMS-Dexamethasone
- PMS-Dexamethasone Elixir
- Sandoz Ciprofloxacin / Dexamethasone
- Sofracort
- Taro-Ciprofloxacin/dexamethasone
- Tobradex
- Tobradex
Strengths and forms differ between these products — check them against your own. Containing the same active ingredient does not mean two products can be substituted for each other: whether a substitution is permitted is a provincial decision, and this page does not show it. Ask a pharmacist.
How Health Canada files this ingredient
- DEXAMETHASONE
- DEXAMETHASONE (DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM METASULPHOBENZOATE)
- DEXAMETHASONE (DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE)
These are the spellings used across the products above, including the specific salt in each. They are grouped here as one ingredient.
Source: Health Canada — Drug Product Database. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Marketed human products only.