Help to get off medecines

[marytommo]

4 years since I was diagnosed with PMR. I now have reached !/2 mg of Prednisilone daily and am about to stop taking it aitogether. The poser ibeing I don't know how I should get off all the other drugs, Alendronic acid, Omeprazole, Adcal that go with Prednisilone. Is there any help out there please?...

[Hidden]

Hi marytommo,I personally just slowly dropped from 2 omeprazole a day to one a week,I had a lot of nausea and thought the pills were causing it so over 2 weeks I dropped to 1 a day and didn't feel any better but also felt no worse,then 1 every other day over 2 weeks and the nausea improved but the reflux didn't go any worse and so on until I now just take 1 every week but if I feel the reflux worsening I have a few days back on 1 a day.I think people get used to taking the same amount of pills and don't really know what is the right amount so really its trial and error.hope you are soon sorted

[marytommo in reply to Hidden]

Thank you,, Will give it some thought?!

[barneybin]

Hi Marytommo ,my wife Had disabling PMR.every joint ached

She was put on 20 mg steroids which is not pleasant but it relieved

the symptoms and gradually reduced the dose until now she is free of it.

Do not despair it often goes away eventually but make sure you have blood tests

to check for inflammation.

[marytommo in reply to barneybin]

Thanks. Yes I can relate to all your wife's experiences and it's taken me 4 years to get to this point with no Prednisilone. It's just reducing the other drugs that protect stomache and bones I'm not sure "howto"! Hope your wife and I can put this PMR behind us once and for all....

[terryw]

I agree with argzxoni61- slowly with gradual reductions which is what I have been doing with Bisoprolol. Terry

[marytommo]

Thanks, Terry. I'm trying to get off Omeprazole and Alendronic Acid as I've now dropped taking Prednisilone (Steriod for PMR) and believe I posted this in the AF section by mistake!

I also have AF...

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