Stephanie2 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 I will be talking to our pandas doc soon, but just in case I need to pull the trigger with pred before-hand, what is the usual dose for my son (50 lb, 6yo)? I have given it before but I can't remember. I have some here, but it is for my 2yo. PANDAS seems to be escalating here, despite high dose motrin protocol (it's helping, but lots of break-through symptoms). Both kids have motor tics that escalated today, and some emotional lability that seems to be escalating. And here's the kicker. I had to stop both of their augmentin today! DS6 had a major klebsiella flare...long story. I did increase their OLE to 750mg, 3x/day, which I'm not even sure is safe in my 2yo! Ugh! Anyway, why do I feel like January will be an eventful month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom love Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hi Stephanie, Our doctor prescribed prednisolone 15mg/ml for my dd 8, 55 lbs and it was 9ml once a day for 5 days. Dr. T had confirmed that, saying he would even round it up to 10ml per day without needing a taper. We haven't used any yet but pharm said it lasts over a year. What is klebsiella? and how do you know they have it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyPA Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 This was my 45lb 6 year old prednislone script 15mg/5ml 1st week - 6 milliliter once daily 2nd week - 4 milliliter once daily 3rd week - 2 milliliter once daily 4th week - 1 milliliter once daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayanne Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 When my daughter was about 50 lbs, she was prescribed: Week 1 - 15mg 2x/day Week 2 - 7.5mg 2x/day Week 3 - 7.5mg 1x/day Weeks 4 and 5 - 7.5mg every other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 You ladies are the best, thanks! Hi Stephanie, Our doctor prescribed prednisolone 15mg/ml for my dd 8, 55 lbs and it was 9ml once a day for 5 days. Dr. T had confirmed that, saying he would even round it up to 10ml per day without needing a taper. We haven't used any yet but pharm said it lasts over a year. What is klebsiella? and how do you know they have it? Mom love, this is what klebsiella looks like in my 6yo: severe sensory-seeking (crashing into people all day long, hanging on people, etc.), irrational thinking (ie. "why are you crashing into/hitting your brother, can't you see you are hurting him", response "because it's fun and I like to hurt him"). When it really gets bad, he will rage if we try to hold him back from this behavior. The rage is violent: biting, kickiing, scratching, hitting, "I hate you", etc. Luckily I am getting better at spotting this early on. I started the proper abx last night and by this morning, not only were the kleb behaviors gone, but his pandas seemed better. I guess kleb was adding to inflammation. We will see. Don't let this scare you, my boys are a little more complicated than most pandas kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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