The findings of a new randomized trial support the rapid tapering of prednisone in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis requiring combined corticosteroid and ...

A combination of tocilizumab plus prednisone-tapered therapy was superior to placebo plus steroid taper for achieving glucocorticoid-free remission in giant-cell arteritis (GCA), the phase 3 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “The prednisone dosage in treatment of moderate to severe (myasthenia gravis [MG]) is commonly gradually ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tocilizumab plus prednisone was linked to a sixfold reduced risk for treatment failure in patients with giant ...

Credit: Getty images. Study authors assessed whether the addition of a prednisone taper could decrease opioid use in patients undergoing tonsillectomy, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, or expansion ...

Avacopan and prednisone taper were associated with similar and substantial improvements in the control of active disease in multiple organ systems in the phase 3 ADVOCATE trial. Patients with ...

I’d become an eating machine with a loathsome attitude on prednisone, so I decided to conduct my own taper of the drug. Four months after my allogeneic bone marrow transplant, I left the Stanford ...

Corticosteroids are the first-line treatment for the inflammatory condition polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), working rapidly and effectively at easing symptoms like morning stiffness, muscle and joint ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • I am an 85-year-old woman. About seven years ago, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease and put on prednisone. I ...