Steroids v Hydrocortisone

[Emerdale]

Has Anyone had any experiences when reducing steroid dose they are prescribed a sparing medication to substitute steroid when you actually come off the steroids ,

The favoured sparing medication seems to be methatrexate which has terrible side effects, and I’m not convinced it’s the right med to go on so a friend of mine have been doing some digging and we’ve come up with another medication that on the face of it sounds perfect and that’s Hydrocortisone .

Is there anyone who has had any experience with this sparing agent to substitute Steroids .Thank

Thank you in advance

[powderpuff]

Albeit weaker, Hydrocortisone is also a steroid with much the same characteristics as Prednisone.

[Emerdale in reply to powderpuff]

Hi Powderpuff Thank you for reply 👍My Rheumatologist seems to be so blinkered when it comes to any suggestions of other meds ,and in my case she seems determined to put me on Methotrexate which has awful side effects .

So having done some research Hydrocortisone came up as a possible alternative hence the reason for my enquiry if anyone had any dealings with it as a substitute when reducing steroids .

Regards Louise .(Emmerdale)

[powderpuff in reply to Emerdale]

To be fair, there won’t be a huge range of options for your Rheumatologist to play around with.

With the aim of dampening down symptoms/gaining remission/minimising damage none of the available treatments are going to be safer or carry less side effects than another.

[Emerdale in reply to powderpuff]

Ok Thanks .

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I’m just clutching at straws I think 😚But always worth asking .