steroid equivalents


Hydrocortisone to prednisone: 4 to 1

  • hydrocortisone 200 mg a day is equivalent to prednisone 50 mg daily

Decadron to prednisone: 1 to 6.5

  • decadron 6 prednisone 40
  • decadron 20 prednisone 1301

Decadron to methylprednisolone: 1 to 5

  • decadron 20 methylprednisolone 100

Decadron to hydrocortisone: 1 to 25

  • decadron 20 hydrocortisone 5002

Footnotes

  1. https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2172042-overview

  2. https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/dexa-ards/