The discovery and introduction of corticosteroid therapy by Philip Hench in the late 1940s and early 1950s was a seminal advance in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid ...
Impact of Travel Time on Health Care Costs and Resource Use by Phase of Care for Older Patients With Cancer To evaluate the impact of baseline corticosteroids on ICI efficacy in NSCLC, we compared ...
a Patient had a surgical procedure in April for which his warfarin was discontinued for five days. b During this visit, the patient was prescribed prednisone 10 mg orally daily and his warfarin dosage ...
Carboplatin plus weekly docetaxel as second-line chemotherapy in docetaxel-resistant and castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Background: Nonpegylated ...
Oral glucocorticoids are used to treat patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA); however, long-term treatment can result in glucocorticoid-related complications. This was a double-blind, randomized, ...
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Prednisone Taper

A prednisone taper gradually reduces your corticosteroid dose over days, weeks, or months to prevent prednisone withdrawal.
We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Prednisone in doses of 20 to 39 mg for more than 1 month ...
E.S. (M.G.H. 876315), a 52-year-old woodsman with acrodermatitis continua (Hallopeau), was admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital on November 8, 1954, because of a dermatosis involving the ...