The drug is available in most areas of the world. Nonmedical use
Dexamethasone is given in legal Bangladesh brothels to prostitutes not yet of legal age, causing weight gain aimed at making them appear older and healthier to customers and police.Dexamethasone and most glucocorticoids are banned by sporting bodies including the World Anti-Doping Agency. Veterinary use
Combined with marbofloxacin CAS number 115550-35-1and clotrimazole, dexamethasone is available under the name Aurizon, CAS number 50-02-2, and used to treat difficult ear infections, especially in dogs. It can also be combined with trichlormethiazide to treat horses with swelling of distal limbs and general bruising. See also
Dexamethasone suppression test

References
External links

"Dexamethasone". Drug Information Portal. U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Dexamethasone Ophthalmic". MedlinePlus. "Dexamethasone Injection". MedlinePlus.
Post-encephalitic parkinsonism is a disease believed to be caused by a viral illness that triggers degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra. Overall, this degeneration leads to clinical parkinsonism. Historically, starting in 1917 an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica, also called von Economos encephalitis or "sleepy-disease" occurred, possibly related to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic; however, even with the use of modern molecular diagnostic tests on appropriate corpses, no firm link between encephalitis lethargica with influenza has been made. Although parkinsonism was occasionally seen during the acute
encephalitic phase of encephalitis lethargica, it was often encountered in the post-encephalitic phase. The onset of post-encephalitic
parkinsonism can be delayed by several years from the resolution of encephalitis lethargica. The brain regions affected contain neurofibrillary tangles, similar to those seen in Alzheimers disease. Nevertheless, the senile plaques common in Alzheimers disease are not found. References
Evidente V, Gwinn K (1998). "Post-encephalitic parkinsonism". J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 64 (1): 5. doi:10.1136/jnnp.64.1.5. PMC 2169890. PMID 9436719. == External links ==