Prednisolone is tapered at a rate of 5–10 mg/day until a dose of 0.4 mg/kg/day or 20 mg daily of prednisolone is reached. In patients on a daily prednisolone dose of less than 0.4 mg/kg/day or ...

High dose glucocorticoid therapy (40–60 mg/day prednisone-equivalent) should be initiated immediately for induction of remission in active giant cell arteritis (GCA) or Takayasu arteritis (TAK). We ...

Treatment for two weeks with either oral prednisolone (30 mg/day), high dose fluticasone propionate (2000 μg/day, FP2000), or lower dose FP (500 μg/day, FP500), both given by a dry powder inhaler, ...

None of the patients had at any time taken a dose of glucocorticoids larger than 5 mg prednisolone. In this trial, patients took one tablet at 22:00 and a second, identical in appearance, in the ...

Prednisone or prednisolone for RA generally is initiated with a dose of 10–20 mg/day and maintained at levels of 5 mg/day or more. The medical literature includes varying criteria for “low-dose” ...