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When to start Dead Slow and Nearly Stop Reduction Plan

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linda82701_USA
linda82701_USA

I hac a flare and my doctor upped me from 13 mg back to 20.  AM going to usse Eileen's suggestion of DSNS reduction but need to know at whcih dosage you start this.  I was was going to drop by 1 mg each time until I got lower then Start DSNS.  But should I start it from the beginning?  Thanks..L

 

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  • lodgerUK_NE
    lodgerUK_NE linda82701_USA

    Posted

    You can start wherever you like as long as it is no more than 10% of your current dose. once down to 10mg, then 1mg, if the 1mg does not work, try 0.5mg.

    There is another one called 'Tortoise not the Hare' if you want a copy of that one send me a PM.

    • lodgerUK_NE
      lodgerUK_NE linda82701_USA

      Posted

      Not if you are following DSAS or TNTH.

      Steady as she goes and if you want copies of both, with explanation send a PM with your email address.

  • audrey80537
    audrey80537 linda82701_USA

    Posted

    Hi Linda

    i had a flare at 10 going to 9 and a second flare at 13 and went back up to 25.   Since then I have gone down 1 mg a week.  I am now ar 15 and from here I will do the dead slow and stop going down 1 mg. til I get to 10.  After that much longer on each dose reducing at  .05

    i have not experienced any fatigue or pain going this slow 

    Audrey

     

  • lucy45078
    lucy45078 linda82701_USA

    Posted

    I would like to share my experience with when I have a flare.

    I started with 15mg. After 2 weeks I feel my condition was very stable, the Dr told me to reduce the dose to 7.5mg if the condition is still stable. So I did that. After I started the 7.5mg I felt the condition fell back and getting worse, so I increased the dose to 8.5mg and found the condition getting better and stable. This is what my doctor told me: If you find that your condition is very stable for a few weeks to a month then you can reduce 1 mg and as soon as you find that the pain getting worse add 1 to a few mg to test your body's response or go back to the last dose volume.

    When I reduced the dose from 3mg to 2mg I also found the condition fell back, after 2 weeks I went back to 3mg and was stable. Two weeks ago I reduce the dose from 3mg to 2.5mg. I've got to be very careful when it almost come to the end of it. I think I better reduce 0.5mg instead of 1mg a time.

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