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Hi,
Following my previous discussion on trying to taper off prednisone at 5mg - I was thinking of reducing my steriods by 0.5 mg (I feel 1mg is too much of a reduction when tapering down from 5mg) using the Ragnar formula. Has anyone been successful with this procedure when tapering at this level?
kind regards to all affected by the above.
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EileenH ann17692
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That is exactly the level at which Ragnar needed his approach.
ann17692
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Dear Eileen H and all contributors to this post
Thank you so much for the clarification and feedback - this is very new to me and seems a much better way foward for any of us dealing with trying to taper prednisolone. i was advised by a Dr to reduce my steriods by 1mg of prednisolone per month (I was taking 5mg daily) not suprisingly i didnt suceed and had a lot of pain/inflamation as a result. I subsequently had to increase my steriod intake further due to this. When I asked another medical professional if I should not taper prednisolone by a smaller dose of 0.5 mg I was told no. - that my body wouldnt respond to such a small reduction.
I am grateful to have found this forum as ive been trying to taper off steriods for the past 13 years.
jillian92038 ann17692
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I am sure you are all aware of this but have just bought myself a pill splitter from Amazon for those pesky little 1 mg pills- works a treat !
Cyn1965 ann17692
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Hi Ann, I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago with PMR and started on a dose of 15mg of Prednisone. I teetered betweem 6 & 7 mg for a long time - I just couldn't achieve the 6mg!
i had reduced by 1 mg each month until I got to 5 mg. (of course that is going up and down like a yo-yo!)
To reduce lower than 5 mg I was reducing by 0.5 mg a month which doesn't seem like alot but my body felt that 1 mg was too much. Now today I am down to 1 mg!! Heres to hoping it NEVER returns...
Good luck!
ann17692
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Thank you very
much for your feedback which is so encouraging to all of us who are trying to taper off prednisolone - esp once we get down to the 5mg level. Ive just been on the DSNS method for a couple of weeks but definately only reducing by 0.5 mg. Well done in getting down to Img - it gives hope to us all.