Primary or secondary adrenocortical insufficiency. Adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in RA, including juvenile RA; ankylosing spondylitis; acute & subacute bursitis; synovitis of OA; acute nonspecific tenosynovitis; post-traumatic OA; psoriatic arthritis; epicondylitis; acute gouty arthritis. SLE; systemic dermatomyositis (polymyositis); acute rheumatic carditis. Bullous dermatitis herpetiformis; severe erythema multiforme (SJS); severe seborrheic dermatitis; exfoliative dermatitis; mycosis fungoides; pemphigus; severe psoriasis. Allergic states. Severe acute & chronic allergic & inflammatory processes involving the eye & its adnexa. Symptomatic sarcoidosis; berylliosis; Loeffler's syndrome not manageable by other means; fulminating or disseminated pulmonary TB when used concurrently w/ appropriate antituberculous chemotherapy; aspiration pneumonitis. Hematologic disorders. Edematous states.