Prednisone
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Synonyms / Brand Names: Adasone, Ancortone, Apo-prednisone, Betapar, Bicortone, Cartancyl,Colisone, Cortan, Cortancyl, Cortidelt, Cotone, Dacorten, Dacortin, Decortancyl, Decortin, Decortisyl, Dekortin, Delcortin, Dellacort, Dellacort A, Delta Cortelan, Delta E, Deltacortene, Deltacortisone, Deltacortone, Deltasone, Deltison, Deltisona, Deltisone, Deltra, Di-Adreson, Diadreson, Econosone, Encorton, Encortone, Enkorton, Fernisone, Fiasone, Hostacortin, In-Sone, Incocortyl, Juvason, Lisacort, Me-Korti, Metacortandracin, Meticorten, Nisona, Nizon, Novoprednisone, Nurison, Orasone, Origen Prednisone, Panafcort, Panasol, Paracort, Parmenison, Pehacort, Precort, Predeltin, Prednicen-M, Prednicorm, Prednicort, Prednicot, Prednidib, Prednilonga, Prednison, Prednisone Intensol, Prednitone, Prednizon, Prednovister, Presone, Pronison, Rectodelt, Retrocortine, Servisone, Sone, Sterapred, Supercortil, Ultracorten, Ultracortene, Winpred, Wojtab, Zenadrid
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Dosing and Administration
Dosage of Prednisone should be individualized according to the severity of the disease and the response of the patient. For infants and children, the recommended dosage should be governed by the same considerations rather than strict adherence to the ratio indicated by age or body weight. The initial dosage of Prednisone may vary from 5 mg to 60 mg per day depending on the specific disease entity being treated. In situations of less severity lower doses will generally suffice, while in selected patients higher initial doses may be required.
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The content of this page is taken from the FDA package insert for this drug and should not be edited.
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
