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Guidance on steroid in Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Greetings all,
I'm an adult neurologist who inherited a patient from a colleague who has Becker Muscular Dystrophy. The patient was started on Prednisone 50mg daily and believes it helped him. He ambulates with a rolling walker and has bilateral foot drop.
I have an idea that one could use steroids for " a few years" but that's a vague recommendation/concept. Studies in the literature tend to be one year at most. I'm starting to taper because of side effects in this patient, but am wondering specifically for Becker Muscular dystrophy..... how long would one generally treat such patients?
I appreciate the input of the " hive mind"....
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