… Among corticosteroids, a treatment of 14 days of oral prednisolone (40–60 mg/day) has
been considered effective and well tolerated. Considering that an early diagnosis and a shorter …

… A pragmatic advantage of oral prednisolone in the present study’s setting is that it is
considerably less expensive and easily available compared to IVMP, which is a costly proposition …

… for oral prednisolone in the management of West syndrome as first-line therapy. Oral
prednisolone… clinical evidence to establish its therapeutic role in West syndrome.4, 5 The findings …

… We conclude that moderate-to-high doses of oral prednisolone … of West syndrome to reverse
the hypsarrhythmia. It is hoped that this would establish recognition of oral prednisolone as …

… aged 3–36 months with newly diagnosed West syndrome. They were randomized to
receive either oral dexamethasone (0.6 mg/kg/day QID) (n = 20) or oral prednisolone (4 mg/kg/day …

… Hormonal therapy and vigabatrin are now accepted as the first-line or standard therapies
for West syndrome (WS). However, the superiority of these drugs in terms of monotherapy or …

… West syndrome were included and ACTH and pulse methyl prednisolone followed by oral
prednisolone … In this study, we found MP followed by oral prednisolone is as effective as ACTH…

… a moderate dose of oral prednisolone (3–4 mg/kg/d) for 2 wk … oral prednisolone tapered
over 2 wk with oral prednisolone (4 … versus oral prednisolone for west syndrome: a randomized …

… In conclusion, the present study did not find any difference in the outcome of children with
West syndrome treated with ACTH or Prednisolone in terms of cessation of spasms, time taken …

… of new onset West syndrome with hormonal therapies (ACTH or oral prednisolone) in a …
up at first three months when treated with oral prednisolone. Thereafter, the long-term control of …