: methylprednisolone 125mg IV/IM OR prednisone 60mg PO. Continue steroid burst if outpatient (40mg prednisone PO x 5 days) Allergy. 2024
A single dose of oral dexamethasone 12mg may be a reasonable alternative to a 5-day course of prednisone 60mg for adults with asthma exacerbations.
Clinical Bottom Line: A single dose of oral dexamethasone 12mg may be a reasonable alternative to a 5-day course of prednisone 60mg for adults with asthma
Prednisone/Prednisolone 1mg/kg orally – max 60mg/dose – once daily for 5 days (Fun-fact: Prednisone is metabolized into prednisolone in the liver)
Prednisone/Prednisolone 1mg/kg orally – max 60mg/dose – once daily for 5 days (Fun-fact: Prednisone is metabolized into prednisolone in the liver)
I've never taken a steroid without a taper. The prednisone is in 20MG tablets. So, technically, 5 days of 60MG's of prednisone, and on the sixth daynothing.
prednisone because I didn't know the side-effects. He ordered a EKG I was prescribed a fifteen day course of prednisone (60mg 5
: methylprednisolone 125mg IV/IM OR prednisone 60mg PO. Continue steroid burst if outpatient (40mg prednisone PO x 5 days). Disposition.
Prednisone/Prednisolone 1mg/kg orally – max 60mg/dose – once daily for 5 days (Fun-fact: Prednisone is metabolized into prednisolone in the liver)
Goodness, do all such folks have to be possessed of IQs lower than their age? How does this guy manage to dress himself?
Given all that family and friends dished out on him, I'm surprised that: (a) he hadn't been institutionalized; and (b) his revenge was so weak...poison ivy/oak for most folks, a few days of prednisone will handle that.