Our results support the hypothesis that a low initial dose of prednisone is sufficient to control PMR in the majority of patients. They also suggest that 0.20 mg per kg weight could be the ...

A prednisone taper gradually reduces your corticosteroid dose over days, weeks, or months to prevent prednisone withdrawal. Stopping prednisone abruptly can lead to adrenal insufficiency, which causes ...

their mean prednisone dose per kg was 0.27 ± 0.06 mg. The median dose per kg for the whole group was 0.20 mg (range 0.13 mg-0.37 mg; 95% CI 0.19 mg-0.21 mg). At the informal chart review ...

Subsequently, he was treated with 5 days of intravenous methylprednisolone followed by an oral prednisone taper over 10 weeks ... with rituximab for treatment of this patient’s NMOSD at a dose of ...