taking tablets

[granelliheywood]

I take 3 blood pressure tablets first in the morning then wait till lunch time until I take my pred tablets I do this in case they may interact but would it be ok to take them together first thing.

[Pat9442]

I take all my medication together . Diabetic, hypertension and pred. Never noticed any side effects or interactions

[Runrig01]

Prednisolone is perfectly safe to take with your BP meds. It is best to take your Prednisolone in the morning with your breakfast, as your body naturally produced its steroids early morning. Hope this helps

[granelliheywood in reply to Runrig01]

Another question answered,thank you.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

I was given mine together in the morning in hospital - so I assume it must be! I never had any problems. I would suggest you swap them round though if you really want to take them separately - by waiting until lunchtime you aren't by any means getting the best out of your pred. The best time to take the pred is as early as possible in the morning as it takes about an hour for the pred to be absorbed so you won't get a great deal of benefit until 2 hours after taking them. A new lot of inflammatory substances is shed in the body every morning, about 4.30am so the sooner you can take the pred in the morning the less stiffness you will suffer. Many people wake early and take their pred and then settle down for another couple of hours before getting up for the day.

[granelliheywood in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks again feels like I belong to one big family maybe its not so bad with PMR I would not have known you good people exist,funny old world.

[HeronNS in reply to granelliheywood]

Tis truth! Happy holidays and a great new year! 🎄❄❄🎅

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Like the others, I take my BP medication together witn Pred with breakfast. Been doing this for last 3.5 yrs no adverse effects.

[piglette]

If you take vit D and calcium you should leave around three hours between that and the pred otherwise you should be OK.

[PMRandRA]

You can go online to find out what interacts with what.

[maria40]

I take my beta blockers with a glass of water first thing in the morning, then have breakfast and take my prednisolone and aspirin and have had no reaction to this. I've recently had to switch to enteric coated prednisolone because of stomach irritation but don't think this had anything to do with other medication (apart from the aspirin which is already enteric coated). I take the AdCal about 3 hrs later, though I had not been told about this until I discovered this forum and had been taking them in the morning as well.