Define predinisone burst and taper?

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Prednisone is used to control acute inflammatory problems like asthma, Crohn's disease, arthritis, spinal cord injuries, etc.

For conditions where you have a rapid onset of inflammation--like an asthma attack, you want a high dose("burst") of steroids, like 60mg of Prednisone, to get the symptoms under control. If you just stop them after a few days, the symptoms might flare up again so you taper them off--40mg for 2 days, 20mg for 2 days etc.

A condition like Crohn's disease might cause more chronic inflammation, and be treated with a lower, steady dose of steroids. So there's two main ways of prescribing steroids. Steady dose and burst and taper.

People who take steroids for more than 3-4 weeks can develop a dependence on them, and they also have to be tapered off, but that's not what people mean when they say "burst and taper."

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Prednisolone is a steroid and is given in increasing doses until the needed dose is reached and then this dose is continued for the prescribed amount of time.(Burst) Once you are nearing the end of your time for taking the medication you start to gradually reduce the dosage until you stop completely.(Taper)

Craig - Naturopath (Prednisolone is not good for you!)

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