Guest guest Posted March 29, 2002 Report Share Posted March 29, 2002 Hi everyone, I'm been attempting to wean myself off the prednisone since my last appointment with the rheumatologist. Our new stragegy was to try to reduce the dosage by 1 milligram every 3 days. Also, he upped the methotrexate by 2.5 mg. I had been stuck at 10 mg. Anything less and the symptoms started coming back. With the increased methotrexate I have managed to drop down to 3 mg. a day. Now, at that level, I am having some returned aches and pains, nothing like before I began treatment, but at the higher dosages of prednisone I didn't have *any* pain. One thing that has been occurring over the last several weeks is that I am being plagued by headaches. Since, as a rule, I don't get headaches, I've been wondering if they have anything to do with the decreasing dosages of prednisone? Could any of you folks out there who have taken prednisone tell your story about what happened when you stopped taking it? Thanks, Suzanne [Hey, it's Friday!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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