[Answered]: A patient has been on 60 mg of prednisone for 10…

A patient has been on 60 mg of prednisone for 10 days to treat a severe asthma exacerbation. It is time to discontinue the prednisone. How is prednisone discontinued? A tapering schedule should be developed to slowly wean them off the prednisone. Prednisone can be abruptly discontinued with no adverse effects. , Not Selected Prednisone should be substituted with another anti-inflammatory such as ibuprofen. , Not Selected Patients with asthma are transitioned directly off the prednisone onto inhaled corticosteroids.