Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

prednisone

Posted By: jas on 2009-05-12
In Reply to: Opinions please - This doesn't seem right... - Thanks

Subject: prednisone

When taking prednisone you can taper the amount but not the dosage - such as 6 pills, 5 pills, 4 pills, etc., with the same 5 mg tablet.


Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


Other related messages found in our database

prednisone? (nm)
Subject: prednisone? (nm)


prednisone taper. SM
Subject: prednisone taper. SM

They sometimes give prednisone tapers for COPD etc.


Also the TBC is abbrev for tuberculosis.


 


Ref for prednisone taper for COPD.


 


[PPT] Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease




File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint 97 - View as HTML
Global initiative for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Definitions ... Solumedrol IV x 3d, followed by prednisone taper over a total of 2 weeks ...
www.usuhs.mil/fap/capcon/COPD.ppt - Similar pages

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine ...




... Upon presentation his only medication consisted of a Prednisone taper given in a recent ER visit for ... DIAGNOSIS : CHRONIC NECROTIZING PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS. ...
www.pitt.edu/~paccm/caseconference1.htm - 16k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages


Could doc be saying "Try prednisone?" nm
Subject: Could doc be saying "Try prednisone?" nm

.
Is there a dose for prednisone given as cc? sm
Subject: Is there a dose for prednisone given as cc? sm

Patient is on 2 cc prednisone every other day.

I thought he must mean 2 mg, but at end of report he says he will decrease prednisone to 1.5 cc every other day.

Thanks.
Yes, there is a prednisone solution
Subject: Yes, there is a prednisone solution

Which would be in cc form. However, cc is no longer used and should be replaced with mL.
What is a prednisone taper?
Subject: What is a prednisone taper?

people are getting this for eczema and bronchitis...
prednisone is a medicine
Subject: prednisone is a medicine

Prednisone is just a medicine.....taper just means starting at a higher dose and gradually going down with each dose.
no to prednisone but yes to idiopathic. Thanks!
Subject: no to prednisone but yes to idiopathic. Thanks!

x
prednisone only thing that comes to mind
Subject: prednisone only thing that comes to mind


dunno sorry - but it's prednisone (small p)
Subject: dunno sorry - but it's prednisone (small p)


High dose of prednisone
Subject: High dose of prednisone

He is starting to get the moon "faces" due to the high dose of prednisone. 


I know this is a side effect but is this how it is spelled?


is there such a thing as a prednisone pack?
Subject: is there such a thing as a prednisone pack?

d
pt has facial palsy and was placed on "vanburen" and prednisone. nm TIA
Subject: pt has facial palsy and was placed on "vanburen" and prednisone. nm TIA

d
Patient has COPD, on prednisone taper ---
Subject: Patient has COPD, on prednisone taper ---

We will increase his steroid s/l stew with Sterapred DS.
pt with previous respiratory burns on prednisone and now s/l zo air. ?? nm
Subject: pt with previous respiratory burns on prednisone and now s/l zo air. ?? nm


Sure, like multi-week prednisone or something that tapers.
Subject: Sure, like multi-week prednisone or something that tapers.

,
Chop cytoxan,hydroxydoxorubicin,oncovin,prednisone
Subject: Chop cytoxan,hydroxydoxorubicin,oncovin,prednisone

  • Cyclophosphamide (brand names cytoxan, neosar)
  • Adriamycin (doxorubicin / hydroxydoxorubicin (ref))
  • Vincristine (Oncovin)
  • Prednisone (sometimes called Deltasone or Orasone)

  • CNOP = cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone, prednisone, vincristine (nm)
    Subject: CNOP = cyclophosphamide, mitoxantrone, prednisone, vincristine (nm)


    Is it Medrol Dosepak and prednisone dose pack?
    Subject: Is it Medrol Dosepak and prednisone dose pack?