Person-centred planning was adopted as government policy in the United Kingdom through the 'Valuing People' White Paper in 2001, and as part of 'Valuing People Now', the 'refresh' of this white paper in 2009.
Indiscriminate use of oral corticosteroids in an unsupervised manner may lead to steroid-dependence as well as increased risk of side effects. Even small doses of oral corticosteroids can produce serious side effects when used on a long term daily basis.Although there are many dosage schedules for short term oral corticosteroid treatment, a typical short term burst-dosage schedule for an adult might look like this: Day 1 40mg of prednisone.Day 2 30mg of prednisone. Day 3 20mg of prednisone.ral corticosteroids are sometimes also used to treat sinusitis or severe allergies. Corticosteroids decrease inflammation in the sinuses and nose. They are actually the most effective anti-inflammatory medications available.
Prednisone is indicated for patients with widespread inflammation who are very uncomfortable. Wet compresses are still used even if the patient requires prednisone. A typical dose of prednisone for the average size adult is prednisone 20 mg twice a day for 7-10 days followed by 20 mg a day in the morning for 3 days. That program should be adequate to treat most cases of poison ivy. Patients treated with steroid dose packs in which the dosage of prednisone or a similar oral steroid is rapidly decreased over several days will probably respond. However others may not improve or even get worse with this low dose rapid taper program.