NOUN
- a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant
How To Use prednisone In A Sentence
- The next regimen they would try would be a combination of all four drugs: vincristine, amethopterin, mercaptopurine, and prednisone. The Emperor of All Maladies
- She was treated with reducing doses of alternate day prednisone for the next three years.
- To develop a specific method to detect the Prednisone Acetate mixed into drug.
- Standard treatment for gout includes fairly inexpensive nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, steroids such as prednisone and another older medicine, called colchicine. FDA Panel Votes Against Gout Drug
- Treatment for stage IVB Hodgkin lymphoma was begun, consisting of cytoxan, oncovin, prednisone, and procarbazine alternating with adriamycin, bleomycin, and vinblastine.
- She was treated with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone and had a good initial response.
- Prednisone isn't supposed to be used for long periods of time because of its harsh side effects.
- Prednisone may cause fluid and sodium retention with increased calcium and potassium, as well as carbohydrate intolerance, glycosuria, and hyperglycemia.
- For the past decade, a modified chemotherapy regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (COPP), together with adriamycin, bleomycin and vinblastine (ABV) has been used to treat patients with HD. Completed studies on late effects of childhood cancer
- Intravenous (IV) methylprednisone is recommended to speed the recovery of visual function, even though this does not significantly improve long-term visual outcome. Information about optic neuritis in children
