What is dexarose? Clarifying the Confusion with Dexamethasone and Dextrose
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Over 100,000 online searches are made each year for potentially misremembered medication names, and 'dexarose' is a common point of confusion. In fact, the term *dexarose* does not correspond to any known, single medication, and is likely a combination of the names of two very different substances: the powerful steroid dexamethasone and the simple sugar dextrose.