Splitting Prednisone dose

I meant splitting the dose too. If you take the 19mg in the morning and see if that works for you.

Thanks David,

i went back to taking it at about 5:00 in the morning and I have this weird lightheaded feeling until about lunchtime.  Probably if I took it at 2:00 am

it would be best but I can't wake up enough to eat at 2:00 in the morning-it's sort of like walking in my sleep.  

Yes it is a strange journey

Audrey

Hi audrey.I used to take mine about 5ish with yogurt+ fruit then go back to bed for a hour or two, but it has been said many many times we all have a differant journy. Best Wishes & Stay Strong & Well.Dave

She suggested splitting the dose because I suddenly became lightheaded but after I started drinking more water that passed as did the headaches.

I have always had to split my dose, otherwise I get very blurred vision and balance problems...this works for me (or rather it`s tolerable) I am still doing it, and I`m on 11.5mg.....I take the bigger dose am.

My current pred tablets, which are quite new, say to take at 10pm in the evening on the packet. Although when I took the coated pred I used to take them early in the morning as one dose. 

Did Eileen once mention to take it at 2 AM?  I could be wrong.

i could take it as early as 4:30 taking the acid pill at 3:30 which would be worth the the inconvenience if it made a positive difference in the way I feel.

I have been taking my Prednisolone at 4.30am for about six months now. I am doing the slow reduction, down to 12mg, just about to start reducing slowly to 11 next week. I take it with a yogurt drink. I find it has started to work by the time I get up. When I took it with my breakfast I found half the morning had gone by before I felt any relief.

Yes, Eileen reckons 2am is a particularly good time to take it. I must admit I used to take mine later, I wanted my sleep! If you feel up to taking tablets at 3.30am and 4.30am why not give it a try and see if there is an improvement. Nowadays in my case with the new tablets being able to take the pred at 10pm is really easy. 

Are you referring to the uncoated? That's what I take.  Since I won't be too awake I'll try taking them with half a banana at 4:30.  And on Tuesday I'll go down to 18 mg. Do I have to move downward really slowly when taking above 15 mg because Rhumy said to come down 1 mg a week til I get to 15.

indont want to have another problem.  Was down to 10 twice previously.

I took the coated pred which is supposed to not upset your stomach, as the tablets get down to the gut before they are absorbed by the body. The uncoated ones are just absorbed more quickly in the stomach once you have taken them. Try 18mg on Tuesday plus the banana and see how it goes. If you feel OK you can carry on as suggested with a cut of 1mg, otherwise hang on for a little longer until you are happy with how you feel. Some people can go faster than others and with larger cuts. I am one of the sensitive flowers! Below 12.5mg I reduced by .5mg a month after some bad flare ups. Above 15mg I was told to reduce 5mg from 20mg to 15mg which was disastrous. I was able to reduce by 2.5mg from 20mg in the end, but I wish I had done 1mg like you are planning. 

Are you on Lodotra by any chance?

 

Yes I am on Lodotra.

I started off on coated pred to start with before transferring to Lodotra. Lodotra gave 1mg tablets too. 

They are specifically designed to be taken at night, the run-of-the-mill standard tabs are not. With the standard tabs it does depend on how quickly each individual metabolises them.

On high doses, I get euphoric and start swinging from the lampshade, even taking them very early in the morning I do find sleeping difficult at night.   If I took them at night I'd be up on the roof!

If anyone finds that they are very stiff and painful in the mornings, it is probably worth trying to split the dose and take some before bedtime to minimise the pain/stiffness in the morning.