Alvesco

(ciclesonide)
NO BOXED WARNING

Dosage & Administration

1 Prednisone should be reduced gradually, no faster than 2.5 mg/day on a weekly basis, beginning after at least 1 week of therapy with ALVESCO. Patients should be carefully monitored for signs of asthma instability, including monitoring of serial objective measures of airflow, and for signs of adrenal insufficiency during steroid taper and following discontinuation of oral corticosteroid therapy [see Warnings and Precautions ].

Previous Therapy

Recommended
Starting Dose

Highest
Recommended Dose

Patients ≥ 12 years who received bronchodilators alone

80 mcg twice daily

160 mcg twice daily

Patients ≥ 12 years who received inhaled corticosteroids

80 mcg twice daily

320 mcg twice daily

Patients ≥ 12 years who received oral corticosteroids1

320 mcg twice daily

320 mcg twice daily

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