Stop taking steroids: Kidney transplant recipients may not need long-term prednisone
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Rapid discontinuation of the immunosuppressive steroid prednisone after a kidney transplant can help prevent serious side effects, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Also, doing so does not appear to jeopardize the long-term survival of transplant patients and their new organs.