methylprednisolone succinate 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). methylprednisolone succinateclinical datatrade namessolu-medrol, solu-medrone, urbason, othersother namesmethylprednisolone hemisuccinate; 6α-methylprednisolone 21-hemisuccinateroutes ofadministrationintravenous injectiondrug classcorticosteroid; glucocorticoididentifiers iupac name 4-phenanthren-17-yl]-2-oxoethoxy]-4-oxobutanoic acid cas number2921-57-5 2375-03-3 (sodium)pubchem cid16923drugbankdb14644unii5gmr90s4knkeggd05000chemblchembl1201265comptox dashboard (epa)dtxsid2023303 echa infocard100.017.416 chemical and physical dataformulac26h34o8molar mass474.550 g·mol−13d model (jsmol)interactive image smiles c1c23cc(3(c(24(c1=cc(=o)c=c4)c)o)c)(c(=o)coc(=o)ccc(=o)o)o inchi inchi=1s/c26h34o8/c1-14-10-16-17-7-9-26(33,20(29)13-34-22(32)5-4-21(30)31)25(17,3)12-19(28)23(16)24(2)8-6-15(27)11-18(14)24/h6,8,11,14,16-17,19,23,28,33h,4-5,7,9-10,12-13h2,1-3h3,(h,30,31)/t14-,16-,17-,19-,23+,24-,25-,26-/m0/s1key:imbxejjvjrtnow-xymselfbsa-n