Our results support the hypothesis that a low initial dose of prednisone is sufficient to control PMR in the majority of patients. They also suggest that 0.20 mg per kg weight could be the ...

[1] The mainstay of treatment is oral glucocorticoids (GC), with the recent BSR-BHPR guidelines suggesting an initial prednisone dose comprised between 15 and 20 mg as appropriate. [2] However ...

However, there are ways you can limit the amount you gain and potentially lose it once you stop prednisone or take a lower dosage. The higher the dose of prednisone and the longer you take it, the ...

The 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines are available, and the CDC recommends that adults over 65 and immunocompromised people get two doses, spaced six months apart. Adults 65 and older and people with ...

Abiraterone use for prostate cancer can cause mineralocorticoid excess syndrome (MES; eg, hypertension and hypokalemia). Prednisone mitigates these effects; however, the optimal dose level is unclear.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Adults 65 and older and people with weakened immune systems should get two doses of the newly ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that higher vitamin D doses do not improve heart health in older adults with low vitamin D levels. The research ...

1 Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupement Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Antibody ...