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Prednisone 20 mg a day or less, and short courses of oral steroids
Oral corticosteroid at or below 20 mg prednisone-equivalent a day, as named on CACI worksheets
Other names: oral steroids for asthma, low-dose prednisone, oral budesonide, budesonide enema
Examiner
CACI: the examiner can issue when the condition's worksheet criteria are met. Applicants for first- or second-class must provide the worksheet's information annually; applicants for third-class with each required exam
Several FAA CACI worksheets list low-dose steroids among the medications acceptable for their own condition, each with all its other criteria: the arthritis worksheet lists oral prednisone 20 mg a day (or equivalent) or less, with or without daily NSAIDs; the colitis worksheet lists oral prednisone 20 mg a day (or equivalent) or less, oral budesonide 9 mg or less, and steroid foams or enemas; and the eosinophilic esophagitis worksheet lists topical or oral steroids that do not exceed 20 mg prednisone per day.
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The asthma worksheet says a short course of oral or IM steroids during an exacerbation is acceptable, and that the examiner must caution the pilot not to fly until the course of oral steroids is completed and the pilot is symptom free; among its criteria is use of oral corticosteroids for exacerbations no more than 2 times per year.
The FAA's Do Not Issue list names steroids above 20 mg prednisone or equivalent a day; that has its own entry.
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One or more of the following with or without daily NSAIDs:
Oral steroid prednisone 20 mg/day equivalent or less (see steroid conversion calculator)
Steroids
Oral formulations prednisone 20 mg/day equivalent or less (see steroid conversion calculator)
Oral budesonide 9mg or less
Steroid foams or enemas/ budesonide enema
Treated with one or more of the following:
Topical or oral steroids that do not exceed 20 mg prednisone per day
Use of oral corticosteroids for exacerbations - no more than 2 times per year
Note: A short course of oral or IM steroids during an exacerbation is acceptable. The AME must caution airman not to fly until course of oral steroids is completed and airman is symptom free.
STEROIDS, HIGH DOSE: Greater than 20 mg prednisone or prednisone equivalent per day.