reduce prednison!! that’s a no! | Arthritis Information
Well, I tried to go from 3 (5mgs) to 2 yesterday and what a disaster. Stiff! stiff! stiff and new 'pains, swelling and stiffness. I do so want to reduce the amount, but not just now. thanks for all the information. hurts again
Ok....I was told to take that third pill and cut it in half. So-you would take
2 1/2 for two weeks. Then 2 for two weeks.. and so on.
Really though-you should ask your RD to put you on a schedule. Mine
said that as the lower doses, you gotta go slower. For example-I dropped
from 90 to 60 without any inbetween doses. Once down to 20mg the
slooooowwww process began.
BeckyMy rheumy told me to reduce down from 5 mg pred should be done 1 mg at a time - you can get 1 mg pills from pharmacy or cut your 5 mg pills into 4 pieces with a pill cutter - he had me reduce 1 mg every month takes a long time but is worth no flare - the month I went from 3 to 2 I had to go back up to 3 for another month - it is hard but so worth it!!!! Good luck. Hugs and good vibes. thats a huge jump
i know when i go from 10mgs, to 5 I can feel it.
right now, Im stuck at five a night. No complaints really...
it gets me moving
I guess I didn't understand the numbers so well. My doctor said to take 3 a day (of the 5's) for a week, which I've been doing for a couple of months, the 2 a day for the next week, then 1. But, when I tried the stiffness came back. This takes so much sorting out. I don't take darvocet or vicodin as I dont' have pain. It is the stiffness and swelling that's real uncomfortable. Thanks for the replys.3 x 5 is the miracle number. Normal this morning!!I would only drop a half tablet for a week and see how that goes. Even get some 1mg and drop 1mg at a time over a week at a time, VERY slowly.The weather here has been real crap. I'm in the chicago suburbs. I have been waking up all stiff and am stiff ilater at night.. However, this isnt painful and I am still lowering my pred. I decided to stay on 2 pred this week mainly because of the weather and next week go on one pred. I have been on 2 mg pred for 3 weeks. I figure go really really slow. This takes time and you have to be patient.
I hate prednisone mostly because i cant sleep when I'm on it. But I dont need the bad effects either.
I guess I am going to have to deal with the weather problems the rest of my life. I am not sure how my other meds are working. I see the doc in April and he can figure it out. I am not in as bad of shape as a lot of you.
Take it slow and it should work out for you.
Sorry Hurts - I'm blind(not really) and misread what I was seeing on your dose - I do agree with pammy though on maybe trying 12.5 mg and see - it was strange I had no problems going from 15 to 10 but from there it was a reeeaalll pain. Good luck. Hugs and good vibes. Yes, I agree as well, that is tapering too much too fast. I was also told to go down only 1 mg every 2-3 weeks. Glad to see you are feeling better this morning!
Thanks everyone, please let the Remicade work! I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster of meds. MTX, prednisone and remicade. I take the prednisone in the morning as I was having night sweats. I loved remicade - I used the fusion time as MY time. Hugs and good vibes.
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