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Hi I'm dealing with pericarditis for almost a year! One year in prednisones (average of 20 mgr/day) and colchicine! No improvement in my health. Every single result of any test like blood work cancer TB MRI .., every thing was negative ! What should I do? I'm tired! Eventually I was told I have idiopathic recurrent pericarditis

Hi, Usually the first line of drugs for idiopathic pericarditis are nsaids and colchicine. They are given only when attacks reoccur or you are not satisfied with simple pain killers(nsaids) because colchcine are better relievers and help reduce inflammation and reoccurence. Prednisone is given even after when further attacks occur quite frequently( It is given for a period of around 3 weeks after which the dose is tapered and they should be able to control your symptoms) . Occasionally a short ...

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my 3 year old son, wt 19 kg, had recurrent cough .Doctor has put on budesal 0.6m twice daily for 1 mnths and subsequent month budesal and livolin. I have completed 10 days of budesal treatment.Boy is perfectly ok .doctor say to continue for diagosis of child asthma or alergic cough. second opinion of another doctor say that his x ray show grade 1 adenoids. but treatment same wd adition of l montus. i am relutant to give budesal for 2 month and want tp keep it , when required basis. please advise ..

If a diagnosis of Mild Persistent Asthma has been made, You need to continue Budecort for a period of 3-6 months. Rather than Budesal which is a combination, use only Budecort. Budecort is for prevention and there is little use of it on when required basis. ...

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