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Wait four months to join clinic trial or start with prednisone now My son Max was diagnosed with DMD less 2 weeks ago. It was hell to swallow this while keep tracking all relevant information for his treatm… Started by Tao Wang	3	Jun 27, 2019 Reply by Shawn
Emplaza in US The cost of the medication is more than $10,000 for a 30 day supply. Insurance has also rejected it. So, wanted to check if there is a bett… Started by Ankur Handa	2	Oct 6, 2018 Reply by Ankur Handa
What was your son's experience switching from prednisone to deflazacort (Emflaza)? I know that obtaining deflazacort in the US is quite difficult now. We are waiting for genetic test results for our ambulant (417 meter 6M… Started by Bruce Ward	0	Sep 25, 2017
Corticosteroids may be linked to heart disease Anyone have an idea of this article? It seems that to start using corticosteroid at the age of 5 may be linked to heart diseases. My son be… Started by dietf	0	Jul 6, 2017
Deflazacort dosing schedule We are planning to start Deflazacort in a few weeks. Our son is on the small side and so the limited growth associated with deflazacort is… Started by Lisa Tepper	7	Nov 6, 2016 Reply by Peter
Deflazacort no longer available in the US? We ordered Deflazacort for our son nearly a month ago from Masters in the UK and hadn't received it. Got a letter today from the US FDA at… Started by Shawn	7	Sep 27, 2016 Reply by Shawn
deflazacort instead of corticosteriods hi all can anybody help me to get deflazacort for my 10 years old son instead of corticosteriods. knowing that i live iin Egypt. thanks ver… Started by ahmed Sayed Abdel Gawad	0	Sep 27, 2016
Prednisone and weight gain Hi all, My 5-year-old has recently started on Prednisone. So far the side-effects have been ok - he is a little bit more emotional and his… Started by Nita McGauran	3	Aug 27, 2016 Reply by Jay Griffin
Why is Deflazacort best choice? Hello everyone,I am a new mom with a boy of 7 years with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We are from the Croatian small countries in Europe.Ap… Started by Andrea Ruzic	18	Jan 6, 2016 Reply by EMIR SULEJMANOVIC
Steroids - what to expect? what dosage? which one? Hi guys, I have a lot of questions about steroids, regimes and brands. My son is 4 in April and has to start steroids around November. … Started by omaira	3	Jun 24, 2015 Reply by Galia Ben Ishay