Brain 17 Vienna
Steroid tapering
• Tapering should be persued as soon as clinically possible
• Short treatment => rapid tapering
• Long duration of therapy => slow tapering
=> Watch for signs of hypocortisolism! • Nausea, vomiting, headaches • Myalgia, hypotension
• Manifest hypocortisolism: substitution with hydrocortisone
=> average daily dose: 20-30 mg
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