how long

[moss]

i ve been on low dose steroids for ten years .,also plequnil. a friend said this seem s to long and my dr has told me this maybe why i get infections after my steroids are upped to help with unconfirmed sle diagnosis. i wonder low long and what dose other steroid users are on and are they only given when diagnosis is certain

[janiceray]

I don't use them myself but it does seem a long time .

Hopefully some one else will answer this for you

[Jude65]

I have been on prednisolone for 18 years but I do have a diagnosis of SLE. As regards getting infections when the dose is increased, I have not experienced that myself.

[Melinda]

I'm taking low dose steroids, 5mg. My rheumatologist told me i could take them for the rest of my life.

[Tamsin]

hi - I have a diagnosis of SLE and Im on a low dose of steroids and have been for 17 years, im also on plaquenil, also for 17 years, i cant say ive had a problem with infections in the way you have - when i get them i get them quite severely though - but ive not noticed a correlation with the steroid dosage.