How do you approach medication management in biopsy-proven pulmonary sarcoidosis with disease stable for over 2 years on hydroxychloroquine and low dose prednisone?

Epidemiologic studies in sarcoidosis show that the majority of sarcoid cases are benign. Some patients can have disease remission, and therefore are able to come off of therapy. Most of this data is in pulmonary sarcoidosis and the data is less clear when there is other organ involvement. The diseas...

Well articulated by a card-carrying rheumatologist! I agree completely with Dr. @Dr. First Last’s commentary and would like to add some additional thoughts and observations.

1. Steroid requirements can be, in fact, viewed as a biomarker of disease. If a patient is found to require even low-dose predni...