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What is your approach to tapering therapy in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis who are asymptomatic with stable pulmonary function and imaging?

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Pulmonology · Johns Hopkins Hospital

We generally do not use weight-based dosing for treating sarcoidosis but often will use 20 mg daily (0.25 mg/kg) as a starting point. If a patient is newly started on prednisone, then we may use a gradual taper 20 mg daily for 1 month, then 15 mg daily for 1 month, then 10 mg daily until they are re...

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