A prednisone taper gradually reduces your corticosteroid dose over days, weeks, or months to prevent prednisone withdrawal. Stopping prednisone abruptly can lead to adrenal insufficiency ...

Laboratory testing for inflammation, such as the C-reactive protein test and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, are almost ...

Because long-term prednisone use has the potential for so many side effects (diabetes, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis ...

As a result, there is no evidence from controlled studies on the efficacy of different initial doses or drug tapering. The only controlled study suggests that initial prednisone doses ≤ 10 mg is ...

Corticosteroid therapy must be tapered because of its interactions with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. The hypothalamus secretes corticotropin releasing factor, which acts ...

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 ANCA ...