Re: How to take Prednisone

[Guest guest]

I am a longtime brittle asthma patient. Yes, you can take the

prednisone all at one time. The best is to take it in the morning so as

not the disrupt your sleep at night.

I never divide my dose, and believe me I have taken prednisone MANY

times with this wonderful asthma. I used to be a frequent flier for our

local emergency room. Then finally a pulmonologist got it under control

be adding the 3rd steroid inhaler.

Good Luck,,,,,Maxine

[Guest guest]

>

> While I'm tapering off Prednisone, I started wondering if I could take

all

> my Pred at one time instead of dividing it as I've done for 20 years.

What

> might happen if I were to take it in the morning only? Any experiences

or

> ideas? TIA...

>

> Dennis in eastexas

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>

>

[Guest guest]

You can take all of your Prednisone first thing in the morning unless your

doctor wants you to spread it out during the day. I've been on Prednisone

numerous times for asthma and I had always divided it up among the day. I

finally found out that I could take it all at once in the morning, and my

side effects such as not being able to sleep lessened after not having to

take any after early morning.

Darcy

[Guest guest]

There is no way I could drop off every 3 days! BTDT So far I've dropped

every 3 weeks and may have to longer than that if I have the same experience

as my last try. My new meds week starts tomorrow, so I'll see about taking

all 7.5 mg in the AM. If there's a problem, I can always split it up again.

I used to know the half-life of Pred, but too much time and drugs since

then.

Dennis in eastexas

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 11:53 AM, bcreedon <bcreedon@...> wrote:

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> > While I'm tapering off Prednisone, I started wondering if I could take

> all

> > my Pred at one time instead of dividing it as I've done for 20 years.

> What

> > might happen if I were to take it in the morning only? Any experiences

> or

> > ideas? TIA...

> >

> > Dennis in eastexas

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[Guest guest]

> > >

> > > While I'm tapering off Prednisone, I started wondering if I could

take

> > all

> > > my Pred at one time instead of dividing it as I've done for 20

years.

> > What

> > > might happen if I were to take it in the morning only? Any

experiences

> > or

> > > ideas? TIA...

> > >

> > > Dennis in eastexas

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[Guest guest]

hello dennis, how much of the pred. are u taking? i take 4 pills a day, 2 in the

a.m. & 2 in thep.m. i do fine. im trying to taper off as well.. good luck to

you & god bless,melyndagamez 6/1/08 3:15a.m.central time

[ ] How to take Prednisone

While I'm tapering off Prednisone, I started wondering if I could take all

my Pred at one time instead of dividing it as I've done for 20 years. What

might happen if I were to take it in the morning only? Any experiences or

ideas? TIA...

Dennis in eastexas

[Guest guest]

hi, Dennis! I found I could not sleep if I took the pred. anytime

other than with my breakfast...give your doctor, or pharmacist a phone

call. A simple question as yours could probably be answered over the

phone. gentle hugs! Marcia

--- Dennis W <betnden@...> wrote:

> While I'm tapering off Prednisone, I started wondering if I could

> take all

> my Pred at one time instead of dividing it as I've done for 20 years.

> What

> might happen if I were to take it in the morning only? Any

> experiences or

> ideas? TIA...

>

> Dennis in eastexas

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Melynda, I've been taking 5 mg each morning and 5 mg in the evening since

1990, sometimes taking another one (5 mg) to allow me to do more when I

needed to. I never took more than that in a single day and not for more than

2 days of boost at a time. I've been on 5 mg AM and 3.5 mg PM for the last 3

weeks, and have changed to 7.5 mg per day, all in the AM. If it seems to

become a problem, I can always go back to AM and PM doses.

Because I'm getting worse as time goes by, I think I'm going to try for a

chair for the inside and can use the big scooter outside. It's impossible to

try to maneuver that 4 feet long scooter more than in and out of the door to

keep it out of the weather. This morning it took about 5 minutes to turn it

around so I could go for the newspaper, so am going to leave it on the porch

until I can walk more than a few steps at a time. Enough whine-time,

Dennis in eastexas

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Melynda Gamez <melyndagamez@...>

wrote:

> hello dennis, how much of the pred. are u taking? i take 4 pills a day,

> 2 in the a.m. & 2 in thep.m. i do fine. im trying to taper off as well..

> good luck to you & god bless,melyndagamez 6/1/08 3:15a.m.central time

>

> [ ] How to take Prednisone

>

> While I'm tapering off Prednisone, I started wondering if I could take all

> my Pred at one time instead of dividing it as I've done for 20 years. What

> might happen if I were to take it in the morning only? Any experiences or

> ideas? TIA...

>

> Dennis in eastexas

>

>