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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Why Should You Take Prednisone In The Morning

Lodotra shows promise in RA clinical trials

October 02, 2008
A new drug designed to allow prednisone to work more effectively in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has shown positive results in recent clinical trials. The drug, Lodotra, is taken at bed time by patients with RA, and the drug releases prednisone about four hours after administration. Because RA's symptoms are often worse in the morning, the late release of the steroid allows patients to wake with less morning stiffness and pain without having to rise in the middle of the night to take me... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Prednisone, the Dirty Little Secret, Becomes More Respectable
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert

...reluctance to use “cortisone”-like drugs such as prednisone in the treatment of rheumatoid... Read more »

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Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Ten Years Later
By Cathee McKeown , Health Expert

...hardest lesson learned was the decision to start taking prednisone. I never had a clue what this... Read more »

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What Is It Like to Take Oral Prednisone?
By Merely Me , Health Expert

I was recently prescribed oral Prednisone to deal with an MS exacerbation and I wanted to tell you... Read more »

Health Guide

Meet Cathee Mckeown
...imaginable. I have tried almost every medication that is available. I started with gold shots, plaquinil and prednisone with little relief but plenty of side effects. I gained 40 pounds from the... Read more »
Asthma Treatment
...lessRescue bronchodilator medication is used twice a week or lessSymptoms do not cause nighttime or early morning awakeningSymptoms do not limit work, school, or exercise activitiesPeak flow meter... Read more »
Headaches: Cluster: Highlights
...relief.Prevention. The high blood pressure medication verapamil (Calan) and corticosteroid drugs such as prednisone are the medications most commonly used to prevent cluster headaches. Read more »
Hodgkin's Disease: Highlights
...cancer.ChemotherapyThe BEACOPP (bleomycin, etoposide, adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone) regimen is showing excellent results in treating patients with... Read more »
Hodgkin's Disease: Other Treatments
...MOPP-ABV. The introduction of MOPP [mechlorethamine (Mustargen), vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine, prednisone] in the 1960s resulted in dramatic reductions in mortality rates from HD. A hybrid... Read more »

Medications

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...prescribed only one dose per day, take it in the morning before 9 A.M. If you are taking this... Read more »

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...prescribed only one dose per day, take it in the morning before 9 A.M. If you are taking... Read more »

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...prescribed only one dose per day, take it in the morning before 9 A.M. If you are taking this... Read more »

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...it. Remember to take it at the same time each morning. Continue to take other... Read more »

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...from it. Remember to take it at the same time each morning. Read more »

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This is a study to compare the safety and effectiveness of a combination of Lodotra (modified-release prednisone) and standard disease-modifying... Read summary »