Recovery From Severe Visual Loss in Optic Neuritis
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor. —In our report of the results of the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial1 and a subsequent article2 in the Archives, we recommended that intravenous methylprednisolone sodium succinate (250 mg every 6 hours for 3 days) followed by oral prednisone (1 mg/kg per day for 11 days) be considered for treatment of those patients with acute optic neuritis whose visual acuity decreased to less than 20/40. We concluded that there was no benefit to treatment with oral prednisone...