Table 3.

Prednisolone tapering regimen

	60–40 mg/day at baseline	40–25 mg/day at baseline
Week	Dose mg/day	Dose mg/day
0	60–40	40–25
1	55–35	35–22
2	50–30	30–21
3	45–28	27–20
4	35–25	25–19
5	30–22	22–18
6	25–21	20–17
7	20	16
8	15
9	13
10	12
11	10
12	9
13	8
14	7
15	6
16	6
17	5
18	5
19	4
20	4
21	3
22	3
23	2
24	2
25	1
26	1
27	0
28	0