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I hope to do a month long steroid taper with my 14 year old daughter. She did a 5 day burst this summer and started to improve on the 5th day, then started to backslide. I know 5 days was not enough. She weighs 130 lb. For those who have done a month taper do you think this dose is a good dose for her weight?

 

week #1 40mg/day

week #2 30mg/day

week #3 20mg/day

week #4 10mg/day

 

TIA!

Colleen

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I don't know if that is a correct dose for your daughter. I just thought I would give you what our dose was as a reference.

 

When my daughter was about 47lbs her her highest dose of prednisolone was 15mg 2x/day (30mg) for the first week, and then it was cut in half for weeks 2 & 3, and then only 7.5mg every other day for weeks 4 & 5.

 

Good Luck.

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My 13 yo son - 140 lbs is on a 20 day taper

 

60 mg 5 days

40 mg 5 days

20 mg 5 days

10 mg 5 days

 

This is through our pediatrician not our PANDAS doctor to try and help with his recent setback. It has taken the edge off but has not been a miracle yet - we are 10 days into it. Hope this helps.

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