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Advice -Going Down From 10 mg of Predinisone

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joey_12298
joey_12298

I was on my way happily going down from 10 mg of Prednisone but  when I got to 7mg reducing to 6 mg of Prednisone, my body gave me too much pain. Misery became too much so had to go to 8mg where I felt pretty good before but that did not work so had to go to 10mg. NOT WHAT TO DO? Been on the 10 mg for 1& half weeks & feel great but of course want off these darn things! How long should I stay on the 10mg before trying to taper down again? When I hit the 8 mg mark, I was planning on doing the nearly stop method this time.  Is my plan appropriate? Please advise.  

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  • liz12234
    liz12234 joey_12298

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    Hi there Joey , I recently had a flare and my markers were raised, i went up to 8mg for 2days it was slightly better so i went up to 10mg for 2days , then 9mgs for 2days and now 8mg for 2days, i shall continue this until i reach 4.5 which is where it all began, if im lucky it will work otherwise it will be up again i think. Good Luck
    • Anhaga
      Anhaga liz12234

      Posted

      I'd be tempted if I were you to taper much more slowly as you don't want to be getting into a yoyo situation.  As we often say, "It isn't slow if it works" and better to be successful even if it takes a month or two, than have to go up again.  confused

    • liz12234
      liz12234 Anhaga

      Posted

      After reading your long post i am seriously considering it but am very worried i will get in a muddle, how is the best way of rcording this do you think, I was decreasing by .5 monthly till i got to 4.5 when the problem started
    • Anhaga
      Anhaga liz12234

      Posted

      Just wrote a long post which I managed to delete by pressing a wrong button.  rolleyes Main point - write your doses down ahead of time in a small daytimer which has a page a month, but space for every day.  USE PENCIL and pay attention to your body.  I tweak the taper all the time, sometimes speeding up slightly, sometimes slowing down, in response to how I feel, although I should emphasize that in general I keep pretty close to the plan outlined.

    • Anhaga
      Anhaga

      Posted

      Also because you are returning to a successful point, you most likely can use that 4 day start finish for the next couple of tapers.
    • joey_12298
      joey_12298 Anhaga

      Posted

      I had to do this because the Prednisone makes me so forgettful.  I even write the # of mg on pill bottle tops so I do not grab the wrong one.
  • joey_12298
    joey_12298

    Posted

    Thank you everyone.  Your suggestions are wonderful.
  • joey_12298
    joey_12298

    Posted

    Thank you everyone for your advice
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