[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 ...

Five patients received an initial dose of 20 or 35 mg. orally. The remainder of the first day's dosage and the other daily ... with prednisone as it is with cortisone or ACTH. Of 2 patients ...