TY - JOUR T1 - The timing of prednisolone dosage and its effect on morning stiffness in rheumatoid arthritis. JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 790 LP - 793 DO - 10.1136/ard.43.6.790 VL - 43 IS - 6 AU - M De Silva AU - A Binder AU - B L Hazleman Y1 - 1984/12/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/43/6/790.abstract N2 - Forty-one patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) maintained on low dose prednisolone (mean 5.8 mg) participated in a double-blind cross-over study to determine the effect of timing (morning or night) of prednisolone dosage on morning stiffness. Prednisolone given at night resulted in a significantly shorter duration of morning stiffness (p = 0.0001) than did an equivalent dose given in the morning. ER -