Researchers say their findings will help inform treatment protocols for this patient population, as questions remain about optimal duration of these treatments following first-line treatment with ...

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 ...

CHICAGO -- Use of metformin didn't prevent progression of low-risk localized prostate cancer in patients on active ...

Calliditas Therapeutics AB (Nasdaq: CALT) (Nasdaq Stockholm: CALTX) ("Calliditas"), today announced the presentations of an additional efficacy analysis of Nefecon (TARPEYO® (budesonide) delayed ...

Binary logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relationship between corticosteroid treatment (defined as ≥0.5 mg/kg/day of prednisolone-equivalent for ≥3 days within the first 72 h of ...

The active group received 30 mg of oral prednisolone (six 5 mg tablets) daily for three weeks, as a single morning dose. The placebo group received placebo tablets (six tablets, identical in ...

We thus defined BDI-II >21.5 as depressive state, with a frequency of 13.6% in patients with MG. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed current dose of oral prednisolone (OR 1.09, 95% CI 1 ...

The objective of our study was to compare the treatment with prednisolone at a dose of 4 mg / kg / day for 4 days (Protocol P1 ... The response on the fifth day was 66.7% (G1) and 54.5% (G2). The ...

A biologically inactive molecule, or prodrug, prednisone is converted into active prednisolone in the liver ... a higher daily dose — 1.5 mg/kg — may be equally effective but may lead to more adverse ...

Steroid myopathy was excluded. In April 1997, prednisolone was tapered to 30 mg/day and methotraxate at 5 mg/week was administered. Her hip flexor power was decreased to 2- and we concluded that ...

mg/day hydrocortisone equivalents. Among these participants, 57% were taking hydrocortisone alone, 13% were taking dexamethasone, and 30% were taking prednisone or prednisolone. A total of 86% of ...