In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who had been in remission for at least 1 year, immunosuppressant withdrawal was noninferior to glucocorticoid withdrawal, with no significant ...

Patients hospitalized with mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia should not be routinely prescribed prednisolone, a corticosteroid, as it is associated with a recurrence of symptoms after its ...

Prednisone should be reduced gradually to avoid severe withdrawal symptoms. Your healthcare provider will help create a tapering schedule based on your needs. Symptoms like achiness or fatigue are ...

Most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients 65 and older who had 5 mg/day of prednisolone added to standard care were successfully weaned from the steroid without seeing substantial increases in disease ...

Sophie Cooper, 21, says suffering from Topical Steroid Withdrawal is 'hell on earth' ...

Long-term use of glucocorticoids may result in glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency. In this study, only about one in 50 patients who stopped prednisolone were diagnosed with ...