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Splitting Prednisone dose

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alebeau
alebeau

I am eternally grateful to this forum and I want to thank everyone for sharing their journeys. I am now splitting my Prednisone (thanks to someone who posted this on this forum) and I am now person. Previously I took it all in the morning and every single morning was a painful experience for me until the afternoon when I felt much better. I can now exercise in the morning which was previously much too painful and I can drive the car safely as I can now turn my head with a much reduced discomfort. I am currently reducing to 11 mg from 11.5 and I am now more hopeful I will reach that 5 mg marker maybe in a year or so.

In closing, thank-you for this very very useful tip. My doctor will be informed big time about this extremely useful advice for her PMR sufferers.

Happy New Year to all

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  • EileenH
    EileenH alebeau

    Posted

    So pleased this is working for you. All the best with your continued reduction.

  • diana21296
    diana21296 alebeau

    Posted

    So glad splitting the dose has helped you. By 2am I was in terrible pain before splitting. After that I got my life back as I could then sleep. Be careful to reduce very slowly once you reach 7mg as it then becomes harder. Good luck.

    • alebeau
      alebeau diana21296

      Posted

      Thanks for the warning. 7 mg seems so far away right now but I will take extra caution, if I make it that far 😃

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