Alternate Day Steroids

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Hi Charlie,

Thanks for sending that. Yup, I remembered I'm going to ask around

and to try to get as much info as I can on people's tapering schedules

and the course they followed to get to every other day, compile it all

and share it with the rheumatologist. It seems like everybody has a

different plan to get there. It would be really worthwhile for more

investigation in this area, to come up with some tried and true schedule

but I guess it's quite difficult to do, as each person seems to respond

differently and needs to be on varying amounts for different lengths of

time.

I have a feeling that it will be more successful for us this time

around. I am determined to do whatever it takes, as long as josh can

handle it each step of the way. I just hope the JRA will be willing to

cooperate!

Take care,

Georgina

> From: Charlie <_C_S@...>

> I had meant to post to you the other day that when considering alternate day

> steroids you may want to keep in mind that the the pdr (package insert) on

> prednisone http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/pred.htm that I posted on

> January 4 states that

> " The following should be kept in mind when considering alternate day

> therapy:

> ... It may be helpful to triple or even quadruple the daily maintenance

> dose and administer this every other day rather than just doubling the daily

> dose if difficulty is encountered. "

> Charlie