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Our results support the hypothesis that a low initial dose of prednisone is sufficient to control PMR in the majority of patients. They also suggest that 0.20 mg per kg weight could be the ...

Children with obesity are at risk of overdose if total body weight (TBW) is used inappropriately during weight-based dose calculations.1–3 Potentially serious toxic effects include opioid-induced ...

The FDA proposed a ban on phenylephrine, a common decongestant found in cold and cough medications. Here’s why and a list of ...

Higher doses saw an increase in adverse gastrointestinal issues – in line with the side effects most reported in the drugs currently on the market. The people in the trial had an average weight ...

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Britain is battling an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug norovirus that's being fuelled by a new, highly transmissible form of the infection.

[1] The mainstay of treatment is oral glucocorticoids (GC), with the recent BSR-BHPR guidelines suggesting an initial prednisone dose comprised between 15 and 20 mg as appropriate. [2] However ...