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Daily Prednisone

Posted by c.j. on 10/17/2009, 12:53 pm
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The pulmo has left me on 10 mgm Prednisone daily since I can't seem to get much lower without severe shortness of breath -- started on 9/1. My next appt. with her is in Jan. 2010. My instructions were to "continue Prednisone". No discussion of side effects, etc.

I take the dose with milk and cereal every morning and make sure I get adequate exercise, healthy diet. I take Nexium for gastric reflux. Has anyone on the forum written any "do's and don't's that may be in someone's archives that's available? Is there anyone else who takes Pred daily?

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Re: Daily Prednisone

Posted by CarolCA on 10/17/2009, 4:12 pm, in reply to "Daily Prednisone"
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Make sure you are getting calcium other than the milk which may or maynot be absorbed by your body.

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Posted by John O. on 10/17/2009, 2:08 pm, in reply to "Daily Prednisone"
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I've mentioned several times here my current tapering schedule--a decrease of 1mg a month. I started at 10 and now am on 8, and in a couple of weeks go to 7. So far, so good. I tolerate it well and even went through a minor flare a couple of weeks ago without having tp bump up the pred, just went on an antibiotic for 10 days..

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Posted by linda md on 10/17/2009, 3:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Daily Prednisone"
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John, How long were you on the 10 mg. pred? Did you reduce from a high mg. dosage to the 10?

I took my last 10 mg. dosage today and am to begin 8 mg. tomorrow for two days and then reduce it 1 mg. every two days. I started at 60 mg. pred. about three weeks ago and have been tapering due to the recent cold/exacerbation. Thanks.
Linda

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Posted by Laurie on 10/18/2009, 8:04 am, in reply to "Re: Daily Prednisone"
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I've tapered from 60mg - did my last 20mg today and will go to 10 for 2 days starting tomorrow. I've done quite well on them this time. Usually I get nasty, but this time I'm a bit euphoric- don't have the munchies and have been getting a lot of cleaning done.

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Posted by John O. on 10/17/2009, 4:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Daily Prednisone"
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HI Linda,

I was just about to write you. After my lung collapse on 1 April I obviously needed help from pred, but by Jun 1 I was down to 10mg, and except for a few brief flares stayed at that dose till mid Sept, then 9 for a month, now 8. And will go down 1mg a month from here on.

But that's me, with a long history of ups and downs. Last winter I was on 80mg for a week, and briefly, 100. If there's a drug where one size DOESN'T fit all, it's prednisone. I would think that your doc's tapering prescription seems right for you. If it isn't you can always ask him if you can inch it up a couple of mgs for a few days, then come back down again. That's worked a lot of times for me, too.

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