No significant difference found between hydrocortisone replacement and prednisone tapering for glucocorticoid discontinuation ...

More than half the women in the treat-to-target group conceived within 3 months vs a median of 6.5 months for those in the ...

Doctors recommend avoiding NSAIDs after a flu vaccination because these can dampen the immune response by slashing the ...

Get detailed information on Prednisone ... This medication regulates the symptoms of low corticosteroid levels, and is used to treat arthritis, severe allergic reactions, multiple sclerosis ...

Belimumab combined with SOC was successful for inducing remission among patients with SLE, including those with LN.

WASHINGTON -- Giant cell arteritis (GCA) can be successfully treated with the oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor upadacitinib ...

A RECENT trial comparing two approaches to glucocorticoid withdrawal in patients with rheumatoid arthritis ... with stable low-dose glucocorticoid use were randomly assigned to one of two tapering ...

The condition’s vague symptoms — including general stiffness and pain in the shoulders, neck and hips — overlap with several other disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia ... you may ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment includes numerous options ... However, your healthcare provider may prescribe low-dose corticosteroids with other RA medications for an extended time if needed to ...

Notably, steroid-sparing effect was modest (median daily corticosteroid dose was reduced by 5 ... recurrent arthritis and scleritis, involvement of laryngeal and tracheal cartilages (figure 1), ...

No patient had rheumatoid factors or peripheral arthritis. Of the 20 patients ... All patients were started on low-dose prednisone (0.15 mg/kg/day) at week 12; median starting dosage was 12 mg (9.0–12 ...