Table 9
Regimens of prednisolone used in CFA
| Author | Regimen used |
|---|---|
| Stack100 | 20–40 mg/day for 2–8 weeks. Then stop or reduce to 5–10 mg |
| Carrington21 | 30–60 mg daily tapering to 20 mg maintained for 1 year |
| Turner-Warwick250 | 10–60 mg/day |
| Rudd147 | 40–60 mg for 4–6 weeks reducing to 15–30 mg on alternate days |
| Crystal257 | 1 mg/kg/day for 6 weeks tapering to 0.25 mg/kg/day |
| Tukiainen24 | 40 mg tapering to 10 mg/day over 3 months. At 6 months stop or continue 5–10 mg/day |
| Johnson252 | >60 kg weight: 60 mg for 4 weeks reducing by 5 mg each week to 20 mg on alternate days. <60 kg: 1 mg/kg/d, and same schedule of reduction |
| Raghu251 | 1.5 mg/kg/day (max 100 mg) for 2 weeks, then reducing by 20 mg every 2 weeks to 40 mg, then reducing by 5–10 mg every 2 weeks to 20 mg or less |
