Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Five months into RA - 55 years old female - I was also hit with ACUTE and severe RA symptoms out of the blue. I was placed on prednisone and have been able to reduce the dose to 5 mg per day since I have been on MTX for 5 months and now on HUMIRA. I tried to reduce the Prednisone to 2.5 yesterday and sure enough, my hands started to swell and hurt again. I know you all know that feeling of the RA starting to flare. I am going to try to get off the prednisone completely SOON. It still amazes me what it does to calm the symptoms of RA, as well as how dangerous it can be over a long period. Has anyone tried stepping down the Prednisone dose like I have and what have been your results? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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