....just curious
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As I've told you all, due to my own ignorance (and stubbornness!), I kinda screwed things up in the beginning of this journey by wanting to be on prednisone for a short of time as was possible. The bottom line to all my and my doc's poor decisions was that I had to start from square one only at a higher dosage 16.5mg instead of the original 15mg! My question is, is 16.5 considered to be a high dosage of prednisone? It seems most of what I'm reading from you folks is you all seem to be under 10mg. All answers accepted! Lol
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margot34956 lynda62707
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EileenH lynda62707
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No-one should start at 10mg - it is too low to really sort out the inflammation for most people. Obviously there will be the odd person it is enough for. Doses above 20mg are considered high, 15-20 is a moderate dose and 10 and below low. You start at a dose that is likely to be too high - and then you taper slowly to find the lowest dose that is enough to mop up the daily dose of new inflammation that is created every morning. Everyone absorbs a different amount of the dose they take and also responds differently even to the same amount. The taper is to identify the "right" dose for you, not your neighbour or the dog next door... With other medications they do it the other way round - they start low and build up the dose until it works as they want it to but that approach doesn't really work in PMR.