What this pack is
DELTASONE / prednisone is the brand name in this record; prednisone immediate-release tablets is the generic name. Read both together with the dosage form (oral tablet).
PACK CHECK · MARKET FIRST
DELTASONE / prednisoneGeneric nameprednisone immediate-release tablets
How this medicine works
The current label identifies prednisone as a synthetic glucocorticoid with potent anti-inflammatory effects, broad metabolic effects and modification of immune responses to diverse stimuli. This helps explain simultaneous multisystem benefit and risk, but cannot derive an individual's indication, tablet count, course or taper speed.
Read source: United States ↗Current regulatory record · reviewed 2026-09-02More about its action and precautions →Check the market, names, dosage form and route together
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- International brand name
- DELTASONE / prednisone
- Source-scoped market brand names
- DELTASONE · United StatesHistorical regulator record ↗Historical originator/RLD under NDA 009986. The 2.5, 5, 10, 20 and 50 mg rows are currently DISCN and marked as not withdrawn for safety or effectiveness. This page does not display an original-brand pack.
- prednisone tablets · United StatesCurrent regulator record ↗Current generic label under ANDA 212629; 5, 10 and 20 mg in 100-, 500- and 1000-tablet bottles. A regulatory label is not live stock.
The evidence status and note below apply only to the stated market and source. They do not prove that packs in different markets can be substituted.
- Generic name
- prednisone immediate-release tablets
- Dosage-form class
- Prednisone immediate-release oral tablets. Historical originator DELTASONE, current generic prednisone, RAYOS delayed-release tablets, prednisolone, methylprednisolone and other corticosteroids are distinct products or ingredients. A shared corticosteroid role or milligram figure does not establish dose conversion, splitting, tapering or substitution.
- Route
- Oral
- Package-image status
- A source-linked public label image is available below
No source-verifiable mainland-China trade-name cue has been established for this record. This does not establish whether the medicine exists, is approved or is available in mainland China. Check pack text and current CDE/NMPA records item by item.
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PRODUCT PRESENTATION IDENTITY
Strength, pack and device identity
Package strength is not an individual dose. These fields help identify the exact labelled product; they do not calculate how much, how often, a missed-use action, splitting, switching or conversion.
How to read a score line: ‘scored’ or ‘unscored’ first identifies this labelled presentation. A score line by itself does not permit self-splitting, reducing or changing the product. Only an explicit statement in the current label for this exact presentation, checked with a pharmacist against the prescription, can support any further handling.
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United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
5 mg prednisone per tablet; 100-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0120-01
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 5 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 100 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 171Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
5 mg prednisone per tablet; 500-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0120-05
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 5 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 500 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 171Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
5 mg prednisone per tablet; 1000-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0120-02
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 5 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 1000 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 171Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
10 mg prednisone per tablet; 100-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0121-01
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 10 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 100 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 172Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
10 mg prednisone per tablet; 500-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0121-05
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 10 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 500 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 172Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
10 mg prednisone per tablet; 1000-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0121-02
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 10 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 1000 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 172Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
20 mg prednisone per tablet; 100-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0122-01
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 20 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 100 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 173Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
20 mg prednisone per tablet; 500-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0122-05
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 20 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 500 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 173Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
United States label · Current U.S. DailyMed generic label (revised 15 Aug 2025)
20 mg prednisone per tablet; 1000-tablet bottle
- Product code
- NDC 63561-0122-02
- Form and route
- prednisone immediate-release oral tablet · oral
- Container
- bottle
- Listing review
- Current label display and NDC Directory listing reviewed 2026-09-02; actual marketing, stock and availability are not established.
- prednisone
- 20 mglabelled amount per tablet; not an individual's tablet count, course, taper or conversion to RAYOS, MEDROL or another corticosteroid
- Package
- 1000 tablets per bottle
- Labelled appearance
- white · round immediate-release tablet · imprint Є 173Scored appearance; not permission to split it yourself
PUBLIC LABEL IMAGE
Appearance and package-text clues
This current public-label package panel helps check the brand, generic name, strength and dosage-form clues only. It does not authenticate a product in hand or establish originator status, availability, sale eligibility, another package or another market.
Open the public label source ↗LABEL READING · NOT A PRESCRIPTION
Prednisone enlarged label: per-tablet mg, bottle count, infection, abrupt withdrawal and polypharmacy risk
Reading level: drug-specific label reading. This record has been expanded around its dosage form or a higher-risk reading question; the current target-market label and professional review still apply.
The 5, 10 and 20 mg figures are amounts per tablet; 100, 500 and 1000 Tablets are bottle counts. A score does not permit self-splitting. Use and whether gradual adjustment is needed depend on the exact prescription, duration, disease, infection risk and other medicines; the site does not generate an individual plan.
- Corticosteroids suppress immune function and increase viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infection risk, and may mask some infection signs. Fever, breathing difficulty, altered awareness, marked weakness, shingles/chickenpox/measles exposure or rapid deterioration needs prompt treating-team review and emergency care when severe.
- After continuous or longer use, abrupt withdrawal can cause adrenal insufficiency or withdrawal problems. Do not abruptly stop, alternate days or copy an online taper because symptoms improve, glucose or pressure changes, or the pack is nearly empty. Missed, extra or interrupted use requires review of the exact prescription.
- Older adults and people with several medicines require priority review of glucose, blood pressure, oedema/sodium/potassium, osteoporosis/fracture, muscle weakness, gastrointestinal bleeding, eye pressure/cataract, mood/sleep or awareness changes and falls. One laboratory value or symptom cannot let the site decide continuation, reduction or stopping.
- An NSAID pain medicine, anticoagulant/antiplatelet, diuretic, digoxin, glucose-lowering medicine, ciclosporin, selected anti-infectives or a vaccine on the same list requires professional review. Live vaccines have an important boundary during immunosuppressive dosing; do not invent spacing, add a stomach medicine or remove a pack yourself.
PHARMACOVIGILANCE · OFFICIAL ROUTES
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Start with the public label or product record linked to this dossier, then use the official safety routes below for the market that applies to the medicine in hand.
Match five details before using a safety record
- Brand and generic nameBoth must match the medicine named by the record.
- Dosage form and strengthTablet, capsule, injection, inhaler, patch and eye drop are not interchangeable.
- Market and notice dateA record applies only to the country or region and date it names.
- Lot, pack and manufacturerRecord these only when the official notice specifically names them.
- Current product informationA historical record may have been superseded by the current label.
This checklist only helps organise the right question. It does not create a personal conclusion about stopping, switching, dose, combination or suitability.
This dossier’s product-level source checkU.S. National Library of Medicine DailyMed · United States · Public medicine label · 2026-09-02
This dossier’s publicly accessible product-level route has been checked individually. It does not mean that real-time alerts in every country or region have been searched, or that the medicine has or does not have a current risk.
Markets actually represented by the reviewed product documents
- United States · 2
This is a document-coverage summary, not a claim that the medicine is authorised, supplied, interchangeable or actively monitored in every listed market today.
This record’s label or product-record routeDailyMed (NLM): current U.S. generic immediate-release prednisone 5/10/20 mg label, nine bottle NDCs and package panels (ANDA 212629; revised Aug 2025) ↗Current regulatory record · reviewed 2026-09-02
Other official market or version documents for this record
These are separately reviewed product documents for the same dossier. Their market, date, dosage form and document status must stay attached to each link; they do not establish interchangeability between products, strengths, packs, indications or countries.
- FDA · United States · Regulatory product record or label archive · 2026-09-02FDA Drugs@FDA: five historical DELTASONE / prednisone RLD strengths and DISCN status under NDA 009986 ↗reviewed 2026-09-02
This is not a conclusion that the medicine has no risk, warning, recall or newer notice in another market. Start with the checked product-level label above, then use the official market gateways below for the product in hand.
See the reviewed safety-record directory →Global official safety gateways
- NMPA Centre for Drug Reevaluation · Mainland ChinaPrimary NMPA Drug Evaluation Centre gateway for drug-vigilance bulletins, safety notices and adverse-reaction monitoring. Exact products still require checking approval number, dosage form, strength, authorisation holder and notice date item by item.Drug-vigilance bulletins and safety notices ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA · United StatesPrimary FDA pages for important new safety issues, labelling changes and risk communications.Drug Safety Communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- FDA MedWatch · United StatesU.S. MedWatch safety-information and reporting gateway; a report does not itself establish causality.Safety information and serious-problem reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- EMA · European Union / European Economic AreaOfficial EU gateway for pharmacovigilance, suspected adverse-reaction reports and PRAC safety assessment.Pharmacovigilance overview and EudraVigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MHRA · United KingdomPrimary UK MHRA medicine-safety updates for professionals and the public.Drug Safety Update ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- PMDA · JapanPMDA’s English official safety gateway; exact products still require checking against the Japanese product page and current documents.Medicine safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- MFDS · Republic of KoreaMFDS’s primary index for medicine safety letters in the Republic of Korea. The original notices are in Korean and must be read against the named product, dosage form, market and date; they do not automatically apply in another market or decide an individual case.Medicine safety letters ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- HSA · SingaporeHSA’s public Singapore gateway for suspected adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information. A report does not itself establish individual causality; exact products still require checking Singapore registration status, dosage form, strength, date and current product information.Adverse-event reporting and medicine-safety information ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Health Canada · CanadaHealth Canada’s public MedEffect gateway for medicine and health-product advisories, warnings, recalls, reporting and safety information. Exact products still require checking market, dosage form, strength, notice date and lot item by item.MedEffect Canada: advisories, warnings and recalls ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- TGA · AustraliaPrimary Australian TGA safety alerts, advisories and monitoring information for therapeutic products.Medicine safety alerts ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Swissmedic · SwitzerlandOfficial Swissmedic gateway for pharmacovigilance, signal assessment and suspected adverse-reaction reporting; a report or signal does not itself confirm individual causality.Pharmacovigilance and suspected adverse-reaction reporting ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Medsafe · New ZealandNew Zealand Medsafe gateway for public and professional medicine safety communications and archives; older notices may have been superseded by current product information.Medicine safety communications ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- SAHPRA · South AfricaSAHPRA’s safety-information, alerts and pharmacovigilance gateway for the public and professionals in South Africa. An official alert does not itself mean a product is unsafe in every circumstance; exact products still require checking South African registration status, dosage form, strength, notice date and current product information.Medicine safety information, alerts and pharmacovigilance ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- WHO · GlobalWHO’s cross-market safety-alert archive; every historical notice must be read against its date, named product and market.Medicine and vaccine safety-alert archive ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
- Anvisa · BrazilAnvisa’s primary Brazilian pharmacovigilance gateway for alerts, bulletins, risk communication and VigiMed reporting. Exact products still require checking Brazilian authorisation status, dosage form, strength and notice date item by item.Pharmacovigilance, alerts and VigiMed ↗reviewed 2026-08-22
This card brings together the medicine-specific product route and 15 market-level official vigilance gateways. It does not mean real-time alerts for this medicine have been searched in every country or region, or that the medicine has a new alert, recall or risk conclusion. Match brand, generic name, dosage form, strength, market and notice date item by item; do not self-stop, switch, increase or reduce use from a headline.
For severe or rapidly worsening symptoms, suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, loss of consciousness or another emergency, use local emergency services. Do not wait for an online alert search or change a medicine from this page.
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Use this card to organise questions about DELTASONE / prednisone (prednisone immediate-release tablets). Keep the exact pack, its current label and the full medicine list together.
Identify the exact product
DELTASONE / prednisone is the brand in this record and prednisone immediate-release tablets is the active-ingredient name. Check both with the dosage form (Prednisone immediate-release oral tablets. Historical originator DELTASONE, current generic prednisone, RAYOS delayed-release tablets, prednisolone, methylprednisolone and other corticosteroids are distinct products or ingredients. A shared corticosteroid role or milligram figure does not establish dose conversion, splitting, tapering or substitution.) and the market on the actual pack.
Read the labelled strength in context
mg, mcg, mg/mL or a percentage describes the labelled amount in one tablet, capsule, measured volume, spray or other unit. It is not an answer to how many units a person should take.
Check before splitting or opening
Before splitting, crushing, chewing or opening anything, find an explicit instruction for this exact product in its current label and ask a pharmacist. A score line or a previous pack is not enough by itself.
Put every product on one list
Include prescriptions, over-the-counter products, eye drops, creams, vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements. A pharmacist or prescriber needs the whole list before any combination, alternation, switch or stop is considered.
Ask a specific pharmacogenetics question
Ask which medicine, which gene and what clinical decision a result could change. A gene–drug association does not mean broad genetic testing is needed for everyone and must not be used to change treatment without professional review.
Know when to seek urgent help
For a suspected overdose, a severe allergic reaction, fainting or difficulty breathing, use the local emergency or poison-information service now. Do not wait for a website reply or alter several medicines to test what caused it.
This card does not calculate a dose, decide whether medicines can be combined, or replace a clinician or pharmacist. Market-specific current labels and the person's full context still need review.
MARKET DOCUMENTS · READ SEPARATELY
Enlarged market leaflets and regulator documents
Each link retains its own market, date, dosage form and document status. These documents support larger-print reading and item-by-item checking; they do not make products, strengths, packs, indications or use between countries or regions interchangeable.
- DailyMed (NLM): current U.S. generic immediate-release prednisone 5/10/20 mg label, nine bottle NDCs and package panels (ANDA 212629; revised Aug 2025) ↗Current regulatory record · reviewed 2026-09-02
- FDA Drugs@FDA: five historical DELTASONE / prednisone RLD strengths and DISCN status under NDA 009986 ↗reviewed 2026-09-02
HOW IT WORKS · NOT A TREATMENT PLAN
Why prednisone can reduce inflammation: broad inflammatory, metabolic and immune effects, not a single pain switch
- Immediate-release prednisone, RAYOS delayed-release prednisone, prednisolone, methylprednisolone, dexamethasone and hydrocortisone are not one medicine that can be converted one-to-one by milligrams, or self-combined or alternated from a shared corticosteroid label.
- Anti-inflammatory effects may temporarily reduce pain, rash or fever, but do not prove the cause has resolved or permit self-stopping an anti-infective, increasing the corticosteroid or extending a course.
- The same per-tablet milligram figure has different context across diseases, duration, age, liver/kidney status and co-medication. The site identifies the exact product and label boundary and does not calculate an equivalent corticosteroid dose.
SOURCE EVIDENCE REGISTER
Source evidence map
Every public link is labelled with its market, document status and document type. A historical public record is not a current label, and an official lookup entry is not a product-specific record.
- DailyMed (NLM): current U.S. generic immediate-release prednisone 5/10/20 mg label, nine bottle NDCs and package panels (ANDA 212629; revised Aug 2025) ↗Current regulatory record · reviewed 2026-09-02
- FDA Drugs@FDA: five historical DELTASONE / prednisone RLD strengths and DISCN status under NDA 009986 ↗reviewed 2026-09-02
- FDA: 1955 initial-approval history for DELTASONE / METICORTEN immediate-release prednisone and review context for RAYOS delayed release ↗reviewed 2026-09-02
SOURCE-TRACEABLE ARCHIVE
DELTASONE / prednisoneprednisone immediate-release tablets
This page includes an exact current U.S. public-label package panel for DELTASONE / prednisone, alongside documentary primary-source material. It helps check product identity, but does not itself establish originator status, product quality, availability or sale eligibility.
DOCUMENT TIMELINE
Document timeline
Initial U.S. approval of DELTASONE and METICORTEN
FDA clinical-pharmacology review records initial U.S. prednisone approval in 1955 as DELTASONE NDA 009986 and METICORTEN NDA 009766.
FDA: 1955 initial-approval history for DELTASONE / METICORTEN immediate-release prednisone and review context for RAYOS delayed release ↗Current Drugs@FDA historical-brand status verification
All five DELTASONE strengths are RLD and DISCN, with each row marked as not withdrawn for safety or effectiveness.
FDA Drugs@FDA: five historical DELTASONE / prednisone RLD strengths and DISCN status under NDA 009986 ↗Current generic label revision
The 5/10/20 mg, nine bottle NDCs and package panels under ANDA 212629 are publicly readable.
DailyMed (NLM): current U.S. generic immediate-release prednisone 5/10/20 mg label, nine bottle NDCs and package panels (ANDA 212629; revised Aug 2025) ↗
MARKET SCOPE
Market-record boundary
United States — DELTASONE
Historical originator/RLD; discontinuedNDA 009986; the 2.5, 5, 10, 20 and 50 mg rows are DISCN and not withdrawn for safety or effectiveness.
United States — current generic
Current public generic labelANDA 212629; 5, 10 and 20 mg in 100-, 500- and 1000-tablet bottles.
Markets outside the United States
Local brand, strength, pack and supply are not establishedCheck the local regulator, current label and pack in hand item by item.
How to read this record
Read each document in its stated market, date and dosage-form context. A historical record is not a current label and does not support individual medical, substitution or purchasing conclusions.
RECORD FAQ
Record questions
Is the pictured pack the original DELTASONE pack?
No. All nine images are current generic package panels under ANDA 212629. DELTASONE is shown only as the historical originator/RLD identity, and no generic image is presented as the original brand.
The 20 mg tablet is scored. Can it be split into two 10 mg halves?
Not from a score and arithmetic alone. The 20 mg and 10 mg are distinct exact products, and splitting also depends on the prescription, product label, uniformity, course and pharmacist review. The site records the score but does not issue splitting or taper permission.
Can prednisone, RAYOS and methylprednisolone be alternated by milligrams?
No. RAYOS is delayed-release prednisone and MEDROL is methylprednisolone. Release, ingredient, duration and prescription arrangements differ, and the site provides no conversion or substitution plan.
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Evidence status
The listed links are public sources selected for traceability. They must be rechecked against the current target-market record before any use beyond reading and research.