Canada· CA-DIN-02279363

PMS-DEXAMETHASONE

A dexamethasone product containing dexamethasone, registered in Canada by PHARMASCIENCE INC. The same ATC class is registered in 16 of our 19 countries.

ATC H02AB02

Checked against Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada) on October 1, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Dexamethasone is registered in 16 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC H02AB02 (dexamethasone), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: Canada, from Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
9 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Dexamethasone · ATC H02AB02

16 / 19 countries

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Blue: a registration under this ATC code. The ringed marker is this record’s country. Markets marked price publish a price we can compare per daily dose.

Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of dexamethasone costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (1.5 mg), so markets compare like for like.

1 market with a comparable price for this class
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Dexamethasone · price per daily dose (1.5 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$0.57

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The record

At a glance

Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)

Active substance: DEXAMETHASONE
Manufacturer: PHARMASCIENCE INC
Country: Canada (CA)
ATC code: H02AB02
ATC class: Dexamethasone
Defined daily dose: 1.5 mg, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
Last checked: October 1, 2026

Packs & prices · 0

No packs listed by the register for this record.

Regulatory notes

No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.

Interactions

1091 interactions on record for dexamethasone.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 133 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
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Dexamethasone · interactions on record

1091 records

133 severe
525 moderate
62 minor
350 info

Most severe, free to view

LonafarnibA16AX20severe
DesirudinB01AE01severe
VoxelotorB06AX03severe
AmiodaroneC01BD01severe

21 more interactions with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.

Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.

Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check

Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Dexamethasone in 17 other countries

What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.

All dexamethasone products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 31 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Dexamethason Hcs, Dexamethason Kalceks
Belgium · Darazon, Dexalis
Bulgaria · Dexanova, Дeксаметазон Крка
Cyprus · Axium-Opto, Decadron
Czechia · Dexamed, Dexamethasone Fmk
Germany · Dexa, Dexa Edo
Denmark · Axiumopto, Dexacur
Estonia · Caltrixan, Dexamethason Krka
Spain · Amexxine, Dexafree
Finland · Axiumopto, Dexacur
France · Aflavis, Dectancyl
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Dexafree, Dexamethason Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Europe
Greece · Amelinor, Axium
Croatia · Darazur, Deksametazon Kalceks
Hungary · Darazur, Dexamethasone Kalceks
Ireland · Dexafree, Dexamethasone Activase Pharmaceuticals
Iceland · Dexametason Abcur, Dexamethason Krka
Italy · Amexzur, Cortmuper
Liechtenstein · Neofordex, Ozurdex
Lithuania · Dexamethason Krka, Dexamethasone Kalceks
Luxembourg · Dexalis, Dexamethasone Kalceks
Latvia · Dexamethason Krka, Dexamethasone Kalceks
Malta · Axium-Opto, Decadron
Netherlands · Axium-Opto, Dexamethason
Norway · Dexacur, Dexametason Abcur
Poland · Covexan, Darazur
Portugal · Amexzur, Decadron
Romania · Dexametazonă Fosfat Krka, Dexametazona Krka
Sweden · Axiumopto, Baxil
Slovenia · Deksametazon Krka, Deksametazon Medochemie
Slovakia · Amexxine, Dexametazón Krka

Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.

Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.

For developers

The same record over the API, and the raw payload

GET /v1/drugs/d6bdb8fe-6d5f-48d2-b377-b79c01fc4f45
GET /v1/drugs/d6bdb8fe-6d5f-48d2-b377-b79c01fc4f45?format=fhir

Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.

{
  "din": "02279363",
  "form": "TABLET",
  "class": "Human",
  "routes": [
    "ORAL"
  ],
  "source": "health_canada_dpd",
  "status": "MARKETED",
  "atc_raw": "H02AB02",
  "schedule": [
    "Prescription"
  ],
  "drug_code": "76497",
  "strengths": [
    "2 MG"
  ],
  "ahfs_class": null,
  "substances": [
    "DEXAMETHASONE"
  ],
  "product_categorization": null
}

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