Methylprednisolone succinate

Methylprednisolone succinate, sold under the brand names Solu-Medrol among others, is a synthetic glucocorticoid corticosteroid and a corticosteroid ester—specifically the C21 succinate ester of methylprednisolone—which is used by intravenous administration. Methylprednisolone succinate is provided as two different salts when used as a pharmaceutical drug: a sodium salt ("methylprednisolone sodium succinate"; brand name Solu-Medrol, others) and a hydrogen salt ("methylprednisolone hemisuccinate" or "methylprednisolone hydrogen succinate"; brand name Urbason).