MrsK and GCA abd Pred Reduction
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Somewhere on this site, and I just cannot find it I posted that I was going to take a drop from 3mg to 2.5mg (it was a long posting so I am not going to do it again).
Well, I finally took the drop a week past Saturday and boy did I go through it.
EileenH and MrsO reminded me I had not done the math - it was a 17% drop. Too much in one go so I found out the hardway.
However, by the Friday - back to normal (or what passes for normal) and the drop seems to have worked.
Next time - I am going to do ADT or Ragnar, as 0.5mg to 2mg looks a long way down to me. But I will still 'clear the decks' for the week following the drop.
Oh and I made the 75th Birthday lunch and had a great time.
EileenH or MrsO - I need the math done.
PS I won't lose this post (see title).
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BettyE
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Re the maths: If you put your present dose into the calculator and press multiplication sign, 90, then percent then = that will tell you what your next dose should be which is not much help at the practical level so, as you say, Ragnar or ADT seems a better answer.
I dropped from 5 to 4.5 last Wednesday and have been feeling a bit under the weather but have hung on as I've found that it can take well over a week for the drop effect to go away. As you can see, my drop was only 10%. Next time I shall be VERY careful. I wonder how I can organise 4.05? Not with the pill chopper I think.
MrsO-UK_Surrey
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Yes, I so understand that to you a drop to 2mg \"looks a long way down\".....you have after all got there from the 60mgs you started on over 4 years ago! :D :ok:
Same for me trying to do a drop from 1 to 0.5......from a starting dose of 40mgs over 4 years ago! :D
Don't worry about working out the percentages - much too daunting. :roll:
I'm just sticking to the 0.5 reductions every few days at this stage and crossing everything I've got! Rooting for you too, and everyone else \"looking in\" - you will all get there! :blackcat:
MrsO
MrsO-UK_Surrey
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Pill cutters - after all the practice I've had, I'm still chopping a few pills each day until I decide that I get what look like two 0.5s! :roll: It wont make much difference when/if I get to 0.5 daily because a bit less one day will be made up the next day by the bigger half whereas at the moment I'm only doing 0.5 on about every 5th day and don't want to risk less than half a pill. :roll:
Hope the withdrawal symptoms disappear soon following your latest reduction.
MrsO
fiftiesgirl
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Think when I get down there too will def need the support of you ladies to help me sort it all out :lol:
Hope everyone else is feeling comfortable and doing well on their reductions....
Mrs_G
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I have felt a bit tired this last week I am sticking on 2mg for now I have bloods due at the end of this week and Dr next Monday so will wait and see whats happenning
I have been busy since I came back from my hoilday lots to do in the Garden and at my field and combined with a throat bug again !! I felt really tired Sat but an evening out with friends and some good food and wine perked me up Today i felt so tired this afternoon I lay down for about an hours sleep before yet more gardenning !!
I feel I must make the most of this lovely weather it cannot last !!
Best wishes to all
Mrs G
sparklin
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I bought myself a pill cutter and it broke trying to cut the first pill ha ha will have to try and get another one :lol:perhaps I'm trying to run before walk lol
Mrs_G
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I found I could only cut the 1mg tablets which had a grrove in the middle as the others were so small they shattered
I think I only broke two when i did about 8 or 10 tablets
Have a good day
Mrs G
Ms_JH
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I realize that my US 1 mg pills may be different from the UK ones but have you tried splitting them with your fingers? I find that a thumb nail inserted in the groove and a quick, sharp snap yields two pieces that are pretty much equal. Usually the results are better than those achieved with a pill cutter. :D
See if it works for you.
Every good wish,
Jill
MrsO-UK_Surrey
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EileenH
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Dublin,_Ireland
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I'm with Mrs O....who needs Cryptic crosswords and Suduko to keep the mind active when we have all these medications to micro-manage :lol: :roll: :!: :doh: .
Love to all, Pauline.
MrsO-UK_Surrey
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Lizzie_Ellen
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Love from Lizzie xxx
EileenH
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Eileen
Mrs_G
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Im now resorting to 4mg each day now Feel Ok today
I know what you mean about .5 of a milligram !!!!!!! When I had this the first time and went from 20 to 1mg in a year I was alternating 10 & 7.5 7.5 and 6 no trouble and just went down 5 , 4, 3 ,2 1 None of this 5days of 1 dose to 2 days of the other dose !
My sister in law who was taken ill in 2002 ( when I was) with a much worse illness refused point blank to go below 5mg of pred as they were easing her onto methotrixate I think she is on 6mg now and takes more when she has a hospital appointment so she can cope with it
I found it difficult to understand ( with my first bout ) how she couldnt reduce by .5 while I was sailing down even though it was a different illness I know a bit bettter now Shows what powerful little things they are and necessary to us
Im not going to even think of reducing yet A distant rainbow !!
Mrs G