The risks of tapering steroids in a patient on a dose of 10 mg per day for 1 year should be small if the steroids are tapered gradually. At our clinic, we would initially drop to prednisone 7.5 mg per ...

Dr. Keith Roach writes a medical question-and-answer column weekdays. Dear Dr. Roach: I was recently worked up for an autoimmune disease that now seems to be osteoarthritis. I was placed on 10 mg of ...

Impact of Travel Time on Health Care Costs and Resource Use by Phase of Care for Older Patients With Cancer To evaluate the impact of baseline corticosteroids on ICI efficacy in NSCLC, we compared ...

a Patient had a surgical procedure in April for which his warfarin was discontinued for five days. b During this visit, the patient was prescribed prednisone 10 mg orally daily and his warfarin dosage ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 62-year-old male in generally good physical and mental health. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 21. I had bowel resection surgery, but have no debilitating symptoms ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several corticosteroid (CS) agents and numerous pharmaceutical products are available, and they have important ...

Researchers have retrospectively analyzed data from nearly 60 patients with ocular myasthenia gravis (MG) not adequately responding to oral prednisone, finding that both intravenous (IV) ...

Volumetric modulated arctherapy (VMAT) compared with sliding window intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for whole pelvis irradiation (WPI) of locally advanced prostate cancer (LAPC). Tc-99m ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • I am 76 years old and have been on 10 mg prednisone daily for four years. I have Wegener’s granulomatosis. I ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a medical condition that currently requires me to take 60 mg of prednisone per day, resulting in insomnia. I get approximately five hours of sleep per night. Sometimes I'm able ...