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More appetite after going back to a higher dose of Pred

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iellen32
iellen32

Because a flare up when taking Pred 9MG started increasing the dose of Pred until no more pain to chew - even salad, neck pain and pain when yaning....Little by little I am now taking 21 MG and feel comfortable back again.

i will be very careful on the tapering of the Pred. I wil wait some weeks to start going down on the Pred.

Learned the lesson - I can't go down I MG / week as my rheumy recommended.

Every flare up is an unfortunate delay on the decreasing of the steroid - It does not pay.

Now I have more appetite than at the onset of my GCA when I was taking Pred 60mg.

i did not gain weight - so far, so good .

What has been your experience on  this matter?

 

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    Emis_Moderator iellen32

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    Hi all,

    There has been a problem where notifications were being delayed by up to 4 days. This has been fixed but it may take a day or two for them to "catch up". Apologies for any inconvenience.

    Regards,

    Alan

    • iellen32
      iellen32 Emis_Moderator

      Posted

      Thank you Alan for letting us know what was going on- myself and others too we were concerned , we esmted to be sure all was well with you.

      Great that some changes will come - for sure they will bring a good improvement.

      Regards,

      iellen32

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