couple questions

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Desens Oct 1, 2010Sick since mid-November (school teacher with kids who share!) Think part viral and part bacterial12/7 Z-Pack for sinus infection12/30 still have sinus infection, now on Axolox1/12 sinus infection traveled now to chest and have both infections. Placed on Amoxil and prednisone. Also went for chest x-ray yesterday just to check. My GP hates prednisone! She did agree that I needed it however. She wrote the prescription for 60 mg for 7 days. I’ve never taken it this way before and am very nervous about 60 mg for that long—it makes me shaky and crazy! I googled last night and found something similar to what I remember from past bursts: 40 mg for 3 days, 30 for 3, 20 for 3, and 10 for 3. I have enough pills to do this. Recommendations? Also have other med questions. After desens, my allergist recommended 1 aspirin twice a day. Based on the recommendations here I changed it to 2 pills twice a day for the first year. Especially since I was sick, I thought part of my symptoms were asthma related. What else do you all take daily? For 10 years I did alternate day prednisone 5 mg. I didn’t need the Qvar to help with asthma and actually only used the rescue inhaler about once a year. After desens, I should have gone back on the Qvar I think. Since I’ve been sick I’ve used the rescue inhaler several times a day! Not what I want to do. So now I’m taking: aspirin, Qvar, Singulair, Zyrtec, Nasal spray, Calcuim, Vit D, B Complex, and a multi-vitamin. Anything I’m missing to be healthy? Last question. I see that Accolate now has a generic. It’s $30 less a month!!! Anyone take it rather than Singulair and it is a good change? Thank you my fellow sufferers! I’ve learned so much from you all about managing life!