Name: If a patient is on long term prednisone from PCP for refractory AD can that patient also start a JAK?
Uploaded: 2023-07-03T00:00:00.000Z
Description: If a patient is on long term prednisone from PCP for refractory AD can that patient also start a JAK?

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DO, MPH

If a patient is on long term prednisone from PCP for refractory AD can that patient also start a JAK?

JAK Inhibitors

When patients are on prednisone and we're about to start a Janus kinase inhibitor, and particularly if they're using it for, let's say, recalcitrain atopic dermatitis or they have asthma in the background, we certainly do not want to stop their prednisone abruptly, and it's my recommendation. I think my colleagues would agree that we wean it off slowly, but we can start the Janus kinase inhibitor right away.

If a patient is on long term prednisone from PCP for refractory AD can that patient also start a JAK?

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