Down to 25mg

[olive2709]

Went down to 25mg yesterday got up today feel rough not quite with it thank heavens I am own my own till 3 . This feeling took 4/5day to come on when I went down to30mg a month ago. Better stay close to home no walking by the pools this time of year don't see many people . So day of mindless tv

[PMRpro Ambassador]

You might find it would be less severe if you did a week of old dose one day, new dose one day alternating.

According to top experts for years, no reduction should really be more than 10% of the current dose - at 30mg that is 3mg and at 25mg would be 2.5mg. 5mg is about double that. And of course, as you go further down that 10% rule means smaller and smaller dose drops.

[olive2709 in reply to PMRpro]

Slipped up , haven't I if no better by morning will go to 27.5 . GP will give more pred if needed with just a phone call. Thanks for pointing it out to me Olive

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to olive2709]

I think almost everybody has at some time just not thought about it that way! I'll show off by saying it never happens to me now because I spread every drop over at least 4 weeks, sometimes longer. And we're talking 1mg drops here - any more and I'd be in bed!

It isn't slower in the long run because not only do you feel fairly good all the way through the reduction and don't "lose" those days but you don't end up panicking and going back to the higher dose only to have to start over again.

[olive2709]

Up-date Feeling great this morning, perhaps I was to quick to blame pred . Had trouble from left arm at the weekend dropping things deadness ,consultant has been keeping a eye on the scar tissue that is building up at the branch of carotid artery seeing him end December have to back him into a corner neither of us has a crystal ball but I need something on paper and on GP records to record what is happening