Is methylprednisolone an anti-inflammatory drug

Methylprednisolone is not an anti-inflammatory drug. Anti-inflammatory drugs generally refer to two types of drugs: the first is an antibiotic anti-inflammatory drug; the second is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, which treats various sterile inflammatory diseases. Methylprednisolone does not belong to these two drugs. Methylprednisolone is essentially a hormonal drug, which belongs to the glucocorticoid class, but methylprednisolone can treat inflammation in terms of its therapeutic effect. In the acute phase of inflammation, the use of methylprednisolone can better suppress inflammation, including aseptic inflammation and infectious inflammation, and some treatments, including ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid and rheumatoid arthritis, can also be better in the acute phase of the use of methylprednisolone can play a better immunosuppressive effect, can reduce pain and reduce the inflammatory response in the body.