Any information on ADEM,my husband on 50mg prednisone daily for 8wks has had to attacks,right side in July then relapsed in August on the left side,will this come back when weaned off prednisone? YYYY@YYYY realise u had to pay for this site,thought someone would help from the kindness of heart not pocket
I read your question, and I am sorry about your husbands' illness.ADAM is a disease which affects mainly child Chat Doctor.  Adults comprise only about 3% of the cases (perhaps because some cases are difficult to separate from multiple sclerosis). Usually ADAM responds well to corticosteroid treatment, but about 5% of patients do experience relapses when weaned of the prednisone treatment and also there is a risk of developing multiple sclerosis in the future. However, since as I said adult cases are rare, these figures I just gave must be taken cautiously, because they are numbers taken from studies where most patients were child