How long does it take for Prednisone to work on flare up?

[palmtreelover]

I was diagnosed with asthma about a year ago. Every time I catch a cold, my asthma flares up & I have always needed to go on oral steroids (Prednisone) to alleviate the flare up. But I can't remember how long it takes for the Prednisone to start working... I started my Pred yesterday (60 Mg) & took another 60 mg today. But I am still coughing a lot.

Question 1: How long does it typically take for the Prednisone to start working?

Question 2: Will this be the "new normal" every time I catch a cold?

I thought that if I followed my daily regiment (twice daily Symbacort inhaler) that I wouldn't run into this...

[Patk1]

Very often viruses trigger exacerbations of asthma (& lung diseases). Best thing is to protect yrself,as best u can,from catching colds etc. I carry handgel everywhere + use viral blockers - coldzyme throat spray× vicks first defence nose spray; I wear a mask at times too.Yr prednisolone, at that dose, should work fairly quickly.do u have a salbutamol inhaler

[palmtreelover in reply to Patk1]

Thank you. It looks like the coldzyme isn't available in the U.S. but I'll definitely look into the vicks nasal spray. And I also use hand gel frequently & typically wear a mask in large public places & always when traveling. I have a nebulizer that I use with albuterol. I am currently using that every 6 hours. My symptoms seem to be better this afternoon, so hopefully I'll continue down the path of recovery.

[Patk1 in reply to palmtreelover]

Good.lets hope yr steroids are working x

[kc01kc01]

My Doctor told me it takes 12 hours for the prednisolone to start working.

From my personal experience I don't get an asthma flare up with every cold I get.

[palmtreelover in reply to kc01kc01]

Thanks... I hope that I can get to a point where I don't get a flare up with every cold... so far, it's about 2x/year, which is 2x too many!

[Homely2 Administrator]

I normally do 40mg of pred. For me this rakes sometimes three days, sometimes five days to get control of the asthma. Some people need more than one five day course.

Not sure of the effect of taking 60mg rather than 40 mg.

You need your medics to adjust your meds so that you do not regularly need pred.