Reducing Preds
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I want to reduce my dosage from12mg to 11.5 is anyone successful in cutting that little 1mg pill, also i am quite stiff first thing in the morning so want to take my pills much earlier but dont like yoghurt, any other suggestions please.
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pam7653 liz12234
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You can get a pill cutter too. I've done both!
ptolemy pam7653
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Sheilamac_Fife liz12234
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Oregonjohn-UK liz12234
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jean39702 Oregonjohn-UK
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gail2910-US-MI liz12234
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Oregonjohn-UK gail2910-US-MI
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gail2910-US-MI Oregonjohn-UK
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EileenH gail2910-US-MI
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In the UK PREDNISOLONE has a score on one side for 5mg tablets but NOT for 1mg tablets. It is presumably expected that 1mg dosage is the smallest anyone would require and breaking a 5mg tablet provides 2.5mg doses. Liquid pred can be obtained for children - and that is easy to measure.
They are to all intents and purposes the same drug - prednisone is metabolised in the liver to make prednisolone which is the active form of the substance. Prednisolone therefore works a bit faster, puts less of a strain on the liver and is more reliable if the patient has any liver problems.
Claims have been made that any tablet that does not have a score line should not be broken as the substance is not evenly distributed - manufacturers say this is rubbish as the same technique is used to produce the tablets whatever the dosage. Certainly, here in Italy they tell you to halve tablets rather than them dispense a wide variety of posologies. I can't say I have noticed a problem.
Oregonjohn-UK gail2910-US-MI
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