Dr. Kimberly Trotter distilled four high-impact disease clusters—gout, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus ...

The prednisone taper was extended. Seven weeks before the current presentation, the pain in the left ear became so severe that it awoke the patient from sleep, and he also had pain in the sinuses.

A rare case of Epstein-Barr virus-induced Bell palsy in an 18-year-old highlights the need for EBV testing in sudden facial ...

Dexamethasone Therapy in Patients With Brain Tumors - A Focus on Tapering Ann E. Nahaczewski; Susan B. Fowler; S. Hariharan Disclosures J Neurosci Nurs. 2004;36 (6):340-343. 0 ...

A 51-year-old woman with a history of contact lens wear presented with 1 week of left eye pain, redness, photophobia and ...

The American College of Rheumatology has updated its systemic lupus erythematosus treatment guidelines for the first time ...

Background In patients with prednisone-dependent asthma the dose of oral corticosteroids should be adjusted to the lowest possible level to reduce long-term adverse effects. However, the optimal ...

In aggregate, we found that tapering to doses above 2.5 mg/day of prednisone was generally effective in terms of flare risk in patients receiving bDMARDs. We found an apparent threshold at above 2.5 ...

Our early results resemble those of earlier studies, 2 especially the CAPRA-2 trial (5 mg/day of modified release prednisolone vs placebo). 25 They align with a recent double-blind trial on tapering ...

It’s important to taper steroid medications gradually to avoid unpleasant side effects, but tapering schedules will depend on individual needs and may differ for everyone. A doctor can work with ...

TOKYO, June 4 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is considering slowing the pace of tapering in its bond purchases from next fiscal year onward, said four sources familiar with its thinking, a move ...

Rapid reduction of glucocorticoid (GC) doses to 7.5 mg/day or less within 6 months may not worsen renal outcomes or increase relapse in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis (LN), recent ...