Low dose prednisone

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Most days I feel pretty crummy. Although my quality of life has improved a lot

since my asthma has been under good control with a regiment of meds that

includes Xolair, I still usually feel crummy these days and generally lacking

energy and motivation.

I suspect my immune system is hyperactive. I haven't been sick with anything in

two and a half years. But I break out in hives from sun exposure and I have

rosacea on my face that Metrogel really doesn't seem to help. I've been tested

for lupus and found not have it.

But prednisone remains a miracle cure for all my problems. Even at 10 mg a day

the hives quickly go away, the rosacea retreats, and I feel energetic and

motivated. Even my peak flow measurements jump 10%. I'm a different person.

In essence, I feel good. I guess you could say I'm a potential prednisone

addict but, knowing better, I only take the stuff in exceptional circumstances.

Maybe the years of the Xolair, Advair, Spriva, Zyretec regiment are not doing

what they used to. I breath OK and rarely need a rescue puff of albuterol but

other inflammatory conditions are cropping up.

So I'm wondering if anyone has been on a long-term low-dose diet of prednisone,

say 5 or 10 mg per day, and if this carries with it all the bad long term

effects of higher doses. Any experiences with long-term low doses of predisone

will be appreciated.

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