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Tablet Manufacturer/Distributor: Ziska Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Generic Name: Prednisolone 5 mg Tablet
Adult-
Nephrotic Syndrome:Â
- Initial: 2 mg/kg/day (maximum 80 mg/day) in divided doses 3 to 4 times/day until urine is protein free for 3 consecutive days (maximum: 28 days); followed by 1 to 1.5 mg/kg/dose given every other day for 4 weeks.
- Maintenance dose: 0.5 to 1 mg/kg/ dose given every other day for 3 to 6 months.
Anti-inflammatory
: 5 to 60 mg per day in divided doses 1 to 4 times/day.
Acute Asthma
: 40-60 mg/day PO in single daily dose or divided q12 hr for 3-10 days.
Allergic Conditions
- Day 1: 10 mg PO before breakfast, 5 mg after lunch and after dinner, and 10 mg at bedtime.
- Day 2: 5 mg PO before breakfast, after lunch, and after dinner and 10 mg at bedtime.
- Day 3: 5 mg PO before breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, and at bedtime.
- Day 4: 5 mg PO before breakfast, after lunch, and at bedtime.
- Day 5: 5 mg PO before breakfast and at bedtime.
- Day 6: 5 mg PO before breakfast.
Pediatric-
Asthma
- 1 year: Acute: 10 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 10 mg orally every other day.
- 1 to 4 years: Acute: 20 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 20 mg orally every other day.
- 5 to 12 years: Acute: 30 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 30 mg orally every other day.
- 12 years: Acute: 40 mg orally every 12 hours. Maintenance: 40 mg orally every other day.
Anti-inflammatory
: 0.05 to 2 mg/kg/day divided 1 to 4 times/day.
Immunosuppression
: 0.05 to 2 mg/kg/day divided 1 to 4 times/day.
