When to take prednisolone

[Wheezebag]

I have a rescue pack of pred and my breathing has been getting worse since Friday. I usually take pred in the morning after breakfast, but I don't feel i can wait for tomorrow morning. Does anyone know if it's OK to take them in the early evening?

[PMRPete]

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[Wheezebag in reply to PMRPete]

Thanks for your reply, going to take them right now.

[Chip_y2kuk in reply to Wheezebag]

You can but your more likely to suffer insomnia and some of the other side effects (I think vivid dreams is one of them)...I have taken a dose in the night and then a dose the following morning and just ha e to remember I'm not going to sleep well... but I can live with that not being able to breathe however I can't

[Wheezebag in reply to Chip_y2kuk]

Thanks for your reply, I took them after my evening meal as I was desperate. Like you I'd rather be sleepless than breathless!

[Paradigm]

I was told to take the first dose in the evening (as soon as I could get it filled) and then take the next one in the morning and continue in the mornings.

[Wheezebag in reply to Paradigm]

Thank you. It's confusing when one GP says take in the morning and another says any time.

[Paradigm in reply to Wheezebag]

Yeah, I found it confusing too. The first time I took it, I took them all in the evenings (with slightly disrupted sleep) and it wasn't until I mentioned it to my nurse that she said clarified that after the first dose you do mornings.

[shirl13]

I take maintenance dose of 20mg daily (been on oral steroids continuously since 1991) and will take more when required irrespective of time of day

[Wheezebag in reply to shirl13]

Thank you

[Asthma-girl]

I have been on oral steroids since 2012 and usually take them in the morning however if my GP has told me to increase then I can do that irrespective of the time.

Hope this helps

[Wheezebag in reply to Asthma-girl]

Thank you

[Mark-f]

Always best to take with food early in the morning I find, if taken in the evening I have sleep issues

[Wheezebag in reply to Mark-f]

Thank you