Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Transplantation. 1994 Mar 27;57(6):860–865. doi: 10.1097/00007890-199403270-00016

TABLE 5.

Prednisone dose before and after FK506 rescue

Prednisone
dose(mg/day)
No. patients (%)

Preconversion Postconversion
0 0 (0%) 12 (21%)
1.25–2.5 0 (0%) 4(7%)
5 0 (0%) 8(14%)
7.5 0 (0%) 5(9%)
10 5 (9%) 14 (25%)
12.5 1 (2%) 6 (10%)
15 3 (5%) 6 (10%)
20 29 (51%) 1 (2%)
>20 19 (33%) 1(2%)
Mean dose 22.2 ± 7.2 7.5 ± 5.6