Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia medical therapy
Template:Cryptogenic organizing pneumonitis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Medical Therapy
About two thirds of patients recover with corticosteroid therapy. Prednisolone is often administered in Europe and prednisone in the USA. These two compounds differ by only one functional group and have the same clinical effect. The steroid is initially administered at high doses, typically 50 mg per day tapering down to zero over a 6 month to one year period. If the steroid treatment is halted too quickly the disease may return.