30
Participants
Start Date
May 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2014
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2015
Prednisone tablet 5mg
This group included 15 patients who received prednisone (Delta-cortene Fort®, Lepetit, Carmano, Melano, Italy) at 40mg /day (8 tablets/day in divided dose , 4 tablet at morning and 4 at evening) for 6 weeks then 20mg/day for 2 week then to 10 mg/day for 2 week, and finally to 5 mg /day for the last 2 weeks.
Omega-3 soft capsules 1000 mg
This group included 15 patients who received Omega-3 soft gelatin capsules 1000 mg (Super Omega; Technopharma, Cairo, Egypt). The patients received instruction to take one capsule three times daily for 3 months.
October 6 University, Cairo
October 6 University
OTHER