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Asthma - Acute Nephrotic Syndrome Asthma - Maintenance Usual Pediatric Dose for: Allergic Reaction Ankylosing Spondylitis Aspiration Pneumonia Bursitis Dermatitis Herpetiformis Hypercalcemia of Malignancy Loeffler's Syndrome Osteoarthritis Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis Psoriasis Sarcoidosis Seborrheic Dermatitis Systemic Lu...
Controversy exists as to whether or not the dose of prednisone should be tapered in patients discharged from the emergency department after initial treatment for an acute exacerbation of asthma. We assessed the rates of relapse and rebound in a group of 28 patients treated with a nontapering cour...
As adjunctive therapy for short-term administration (to tide the patient over an acute episode or exacerbation) in: psoriatic arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (selected cases may require low-dose maintenance therapy); ankylosing spondylitis; acute and subacute bursiti...
Prednisone is a prescription medicine used to treat acute asthma, arthritis, allergic reactions, respiratory illness, and many other conditions. Learn about dosage, side effects, warnings, and more.
Prednisone is a corticosteroid medicine used to decrease inflammation and keep your immune system in check, if it is overactive. Prednisone is used to treat allergic disorders, skin conditions, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary dis...
Background: Although corticosteroids are considered essential treatment for acute asthma and widely prescribed, we studied the value of oral corticosteroids in moderate persistent asthma (MPA) and severe persistent asthma (SPA), and comparison of those effects. Methods: One hundred-one patients with ac...
Acute Asthma 40-60 mg/day PO in single daily dose or divided q12hr for 3-10 days Giant Cell Arteritis 40-60 mg PO qDay (1-2 years usual duration of treatment) Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura 1-2 mg/kg/day PO Dose Tapering Day 1: 10 mg PO before breakfast, 5 mg after lunch ...
A Comparison of Oral Dexamethasone With Oral Prednisone in Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations Treated in the Emergency Department The aim of this study was to determine if 2 doses of oral dexamethasone are as effective as a 5-day course of oral prednisone in preventing relapse for ped... RA Greenbe...
Tablets Indications: mainly use for allergic and autoimmune inflammatory diseases, and suitable for the treatment of connective tissue disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, severe polymyositis, severe bronchial asthma, dermatomyositis, vasculitis and other anaphylactic diseases, acute leukemia, malignant lymphom...