Some healthcare providers will opt for a different corticosteroid than prednisone. These medications can have the same benefits but with fewer side effects. By way of example, a 5-mg dose of ...

The aims of this study are (a) to test if 12.5 mg prednisone daily is an adequate starting dose in PMR and (b) to evaluate the factors that could predict a positive response to this initial dose.

Our results support the hypothesis that a low initial dose of prednisone is sufficient to control PMR in the majority of patients. They also suggest that 0.20 mg per kg weight could be the ...