Insufficient use of corticosteroids without immunosuppressants results in higher relapse in Takayasu arteritis.

CONCLUSION: A higher dose of PSL was associated with a significant decrease in the relapse rate. The effect of combination therapy on relapse needs to be further investigated. Lower-dose PSL monotherapy is an undesirable strategy for remission induction in TAK, despite low disease activity. PMID: 31092708 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research