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  1. A Study of Treatment with Docetaxel and Prednisone, with or without Vaccine Therapy, for Patients who have Metastatic Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer - Mayo Clinic

    Vaccines made from an antigen may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. It is not yet known whether docetaxel and prednisone are ...

  2. Addison's disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Hydrocortisone (Cortef), prednisone (Rayos, Prednisone Intensol) or methylprednisolone (Medrol) to replace cortisol. You take these medicines on a schedule.

  3. Giant cell arteritis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    The main treatment for giant cell arteritis consists of high doses of a corticosteroid drug such as prednisone. Because immediate treatment is necessary to ...

  4. Occasional Cortisone Injections Unlikely to Have Negative Affect on Bones - Mayo Clinic News Network

    (For example, prednisone taken orally in doses of more than 10 mg per day for longer than three months). Corticosteroids affect the bones primarily by ...

  5. Steroid dosage risks and benefits when managing lupus nephritis - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Researchers found that starting treatment with a higher dose of steroids, like 60 milligrams of prednisone per day, increased the chances of improvement in ...

  6. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Medicines to treat ITP may include: Steroids. Health care providers often use an oral corticosteroid, such as prednisone. When the platelet count is back to a ...

  7. Hay fever - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Corticosteroid pills such as prednisone sometimes are used to relieve severe allergy symptoms. Because the long-term use of corticosteroids can cause ...

  8. Corticosteroids lower the likelihood of in-hospital mortality from COVID-19 - Mayo Clinic News Network

    They found the most common corticosteroid drug administered was dexamethasone, followed by methylprednisolone, prednisone and hydrocortisone. The study did ...

  9. A Study of Niraparib Combined with Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone Versus Abiraterone Acetate and Prednisone to Treat Metastatic Prostate Cancer - Mayo Clinic

    The objectives of this study are to determine if Niraparib, Abiraterone Acetate (AA), and Prednisone compared with AA and Prednisone in participants with ...

  10. Autoimmune pancreatitis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Symptoms of autoimmune pancreatitis often improve after a short course of prednisolone or prednisone. Many people respond quickly, even dramatically ...