Guest guest Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Kat, As they wean you off the prednisone-- they should be initiating another form of immunosupressants. Plaquenil, Methotrexate, Imuran-- (in the LINKS we have articles on the different drugs)-- are just a few of the choices. What will happen for you if they do it like this-- is that you'll continue to have the balance of immunosupression - without the nasty side effects of not having anything in your system, and then trying to go back up on some drug-- while your sarc dances the night away- messing up other systems. It takes time for the Plaquenil and MTX to kick in, so to start one at a time while coming off the pred, will give you a good idea if it is helping. It will also slow down the withdrawal effect from decreasing the pred. I know I'm not making total sense-- so rose, if you or can kick in here- go ahead. Hugs, Tracie NS Co-owner/moderator************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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