misty Forum Elite
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| | 07/29/07 - 09:20 PM  
 
   
 
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in such a cse, when we strat IV steroids...and later when patient s stable...do we need to shift to oral steroids?? this is short term use of steroids.....then they dont need tapering right?
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| egomez2001 Forum Guru

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| | 08/04/07 - 03:14 PM  
 
   
 
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Yes we need to shift to oral prednisone..., we have to taper if greater than 3 weeks but this is not possible in the system...., just type- prednisone oral continuous...
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| starcraftbw Forum Senior
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| | 09/10/07 - 08:18 PM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
^^ditto, remember to d/c the IV steroid lol
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