Guest guest Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: annette2ca >Have your doc prescribe the 1 mg pills.It is too inaccurate to break the fivers down.You can break the one mg into quarters...inagine the difference in tapering ability! ! What a good idea! Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 I don't remember all that has been posted on this before but another useful trick is to take a higher level and lower level on alternate days such as 4, 3, 4, 3. This might reduce how much pill splitting you need to do. God bless. ----- Original Message ----- From: annette2ca Rheumatoid Arthritis Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:22 PM Subject: Tapering prednisone I looked for that post but don't remember whose it was. I did find one exchange that may be useful when you get lower...Have your doc prescribe the 1 mg pills.It is too inaccurate to break the fivers down.You can break the one mg into quarters...inagine the difference in tapering ability! !PrisWhen I was on 5mg Prednisone, I used to divide that tiny little tablet into 4 pieces and reduced the dosage by only 1/4 tablet at a time.Good luck to you all.Annette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hi everyone, Tapering prednisone has been a long and weary battle for me. I have been on it since I was dx'd in 1999. My peak dose was 80 mg a day. My current, 3.5 mg a day, is my lowest. I also began tapering 1 milligram at a time since 15mg/day. under 5 mg/day my rheumy was so conserned about my body rejecting the dose that I have had to taper .5 mg at a time. My dress size before prednisone was a 6. At my peak weight gain I was an 18. My best friend is getting married on July 30th and my bridesmaid dress is a size 12! Woohoo! I just got engaged a few weeks ago. Chad & I are getting married next May and I hope ( & pray) that I hope totally off of the prednisone by then. Take care, Steph in VA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >I have found that going up on prednisone should be one milligram at a time.>My metabolism suffers otherwise. The stress dose a dr gives you wreaks>havoc with it so I take my base of five in the am and then add two in the P.M.>If I taper down, it is half a pill a week. I never go below five and always>split my dosage so I have the most during the day and less at night for>relief. I take 6 or 7 milligrams now AM because of flaring, and wait until>bedtime when I take another one or two. I will never go up higher than 10. I>challenge myself. If I need more than 10 then its time to assess my BIOLOGIC.>With MTX I am getting along. I am 90 pounds but have been as high as 150 one>a five two frame. Going up on the prednisone directly correlates and>effects my thyroid which is overactive and causes hormonal symptoms too. I may>have to have the node on my thyroid removed to give me some relief. I may be>flaring because of the thyroid. Its all related in RA. That's why they call>it connective tissue. Be well everyone.......Deborah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Hi Steph Each month my doctor takes me down 2.5 mgs. I think he'll prolly go to ..5's when I get lower. I'm down to 5 mgs from 15 (20mgs at some times). Did you do anything different to get down to a 12 or did the weight just come off from going off of prednisone? I get more flares now tho. Congrats to you! I hope you will be able to get off of it soon :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maggie http://www.4HockeyFans.com http://www.4FloridaHockey.com MSN: Maggies1429 AOL: Maggies85 DeNicola wrote: > Hi everyone, > Tapering prednisone has been a long and weary battle for me. I > have been on it since I was dx'd in 1999. My peak dose was 80 mg a > day. My current, 3.5 mg a day, is my lowest. I also began tapering 1 > milligram at a time since 15mg/day. under 5 mg/day my rheumy was so > conserned about my body rejecting the dose that I have had to taper .5 > mg at a time. > > My dress size before prednisone was a 6. At my peak weight gain I > was an 18. > > My best friend is getting married on July 30th and my bridesmaid > dress is a size 12! Woohoo! > > I just got engaged a few weeks ago. Chad & I are getting married > next May and I hope ( & pray) that I hope totally off of the prednisone > by then. > > Take care, > > Steph in VA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Best wishes on your engagement, ! I was just in a wedding 2 weeks ago and I sweated it out trying to maintain my weight so I could fit in to a size 10! I had to really watch my diet since I have been unable to exercise with the chronic costochondritis I have. -- In Rheumatoid Arthritis , " DeNicola " < sdenicola@h...> wrote: > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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