The right prednisone dosage

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Hi just joining the group.

Our names are Marco and and we are writing from Italy (sorry for our

english). We have a young daughter: Francesca and she is now 19 months old and

about 10kg weight.

She has al the symptoms of the : periodic fever clockwise, very high

temperature, and all the other symptoms you described.

Our doctor suggested to to give her a drogs which is called Bentelan (the active

principle is the betametasone) to have proof this may be the . First time

we give her was 0.5 mg and she reacted very well the first day but the fever get

back.

After one month we had another episode and the doctor gave her 1.0mg. Even in

this case she reacted very well and she stayed well for tow days but now: the

third day the fever is back.

I'm convinced that the dosage is too low because I've seen on internet that the

right dosage of prednisone should be 1.0mg per kg while we gave her a quantity

which is around 1/10 of the quantity suggested...

What we would like to do, on top of asking to this forum is to go to a

specialist in Milan to ask more about the . For the time being if someone

can tell me if I'm right about the consideration of under dosage, I will

appreciate a lot.

Finally last questions: could prednisone can taken during the episode or we need

to give it only at the beginning? Does anybody know about this bentelan drug? Is

it the same of the famous Prednisone you are mentioning here?

THX for your help.

Marco &

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Marco/

I noticed no one else had responded to your post. I have not ever heard

of Bentelan or betametasone. The drug that we use (and I've seen most

frequently referenced) is Orapred (prednisolone) - 15 mg per 5 mL. It's

a yellowish liquid that we get in what I think is a generic form.

I found this site that describes prednisone a bit, but I still don't see

Bentelan on the site, so I would be careful to discuss with your doctor

or pharmacist prior to utilizing the 1 mg/kg dosage that is frequently

used of Prednisone/prednisolone.

http://health./hormone-medications/prednisolone/healthwise--d00

084a1.html#d00084a1-missdose

I'm sorry that I cannot be of more assistance.

Ginger

Daughter - le, 2.5 years old

(fevering since 7 months, diagnosed at 15 months, T & A on

12/11/07 **** NO FEVER SINCE 11/16/07)

Son - Jay, 8 months old

Ginger M. Hackett, PMP, ABCP

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