The risk of prednisone withdrawal is so high that some healthcare providers will pre-plan a tapering schedule if high doses are used for more than three days. In most cases, however, tapering is ...
However, prednisone use was not without problems: eight patients in the prednisone arm and three in the placebo arm had adverse events that could be attributed to prednisone therapy. Furthermore ...
THE new adrenocortical steroid prednisone 1 was used in the treatment of 33 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Among 33 patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with prednisone, the disease was ...
The aim of this study is to test if 12.5 mg prednisone/day is an adequate starting dose in PMR and to evaluate clinical predictors of drug response. Methods: 60 consecutive PMR patients were ...