Guest guest Posted August 2, 2003 Report Share Posted August 2, 2003 Hi everyone, Before I started Remicade, I couldn't go below 10 mg/day of Pred without hurting and being swollen. After 3 years on Remicade, I'm now down to 4 mg/day, with plans to be down to 3 mg or 2 mg/day by next month. I could have been off the Pred by now but my rheumy advises no dosage changes during periods of high stress or travel. In the past 12 months, 3 of my uncles died and I lost people I knew in 9/11. As for Remicade dosage, I started at 200 mg every 8 weeks, then went up to 300 mg every 8 weeks when the benefits started to wear out at 6 weeks. Take care, in VA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Hi, Harold. I'm on 15 mg of methotrexate a week also, but I'm not sure >about the Remicade. It was 3mg/kg when I was in Orlando, and I'm assuming >that's what my new rheumatologist has me on. Bad to assume, isn't it? I >need to check. On my last infusion, she added another "bottle" because of >the problems I'm having. I've probably caused many of the problems myself >by being so adamant about getting off of prednisone. When the extra dosage >of Remicade didn't make any difference, I called and she said to add 2mg of >prednisone a day. I was surprised that such a small dosage of prednisone >makes a difference, but it does. > >Jan MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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