Re: Prednisone Dosage Question

[Guest guest]

I don't know if this is helpful but my daughter is 21 months old and

26lbs and when she fevers is given Prednisolone 15 mg/5ml Soln. She

takes 4ml for two days and then 2mls for the next two days. It

stops the fever within hours but we have to give it the full four

days or it comes back within a few days. I hope the pred. works for

your son.

mother of ee, 21 months

Souther, Ca

>

> Hello! I sent a brief introduction back in December, but to

recap, my

> almost 2.5 year old son was recently diagnosed with

by his

> pediatrician. When he fevers, he gets all of the classic

> symptoms for a week, but he doesn't fever every month like many

kids

> do; his cycle is closer to every two months. Unfortunately, he

began

> fevering yesterday and for the first time, we are looking to give

him

> prednisone to stop the cycle. I took him to the doctor this

morning

> and the doctor on call gave us the prescription for predisone, but

I'm

> not sure he gave us the correct dosage for treating a

episode.

>

> Here's what he gave us:

>

> Prednisolone 15 MG/ 5 ML SOLN

> Take 3/4 tsp daily for 3 days, then 1/4 tsp for 3 days.

>

> FYI - my son is approx. 30 lbs and is well into the fever cycle

now

> (hit 106 last night).

>

> It seems to me from other posts on this topic that kids with

are

> usually given a higher dose initially and are sometimes given

> additional doses 12 hours after the first or even a few days

later. I

> don't recall seeing kids being given the drug for 6 consecutive

days.

>

> Any assistance you could provide would be much appreciated!

>

> Thanks so much!

> Jenn

>

[Guest guest]

My daughter Ella is 23 months old and weighs about 25 pounds. We

give her 1 tsp. of prednisone (5mg/5ml) pretty close to the onset of

her fevers. We usually wait until it hits about 102-103 before we

give her the prednisone to try to make sure its related to the

periodic fever and not a normal illness (we also give her 1 tsp. of

Motrin before giving her the prednisone, but since August Motrin and

Tylenol don't really bring Ella's fever down at all anymore, they

just seem to slow how fast it rises so we can usually tell pretty

quickly that the fever is one of her periodic fevers, along with the

fact that the fevers are very regular so we are usually expecting

them).

When we first tried the prednisone in Sept. 2005, our doctor had

instructed us to give her 1 tsp. prednisone (5mg/5ml) twice daily

for 5 days. At the onset of her fever in Sept. we gave her 1 tsp.

of prednisone and the fever was completely gone within 2 hours. We

gave her two more doses after that and then decided against giving

her the remaining doses and wait and see what happened. The fever

did not come back. We've experimented with the number of doses and

we've found that giving one or two doses doesn't work for Ella,

because the fever returns after about 24 hours. But the three doses

has worked like a charm. For the first two months after starting

the prednisone, Ella's fevers were spaced closer together and were

unpredictable, but since the end of November her fevers have

returned to their original cycle and she now fevers approximately

every 40 days (we still treat with the prenisone at the onset of the

fevers).

We know that things can change with these fever disorders where

other symptoms develop or they become unresponsive to certain

treatments, so right now we are counting our blessings and very glad

that the prednisone has worked well for Ella so far. Because of the

prednisone, Ella only fevers for a couple of hours every 40 days

instead of an entire week, she's started gaining a little weight

again (FINALLY!) and it's really made a positive difference for her.

Best of luck to you,