Hello Everybody. It's 4.20 am and I can't sleep because of wheezing from asthma. Saw Senior nurse, at our surgery, today i.e. Wed, who increased the Pred to 40 mg for 5 days. My question is; returning to my present dose of 3 mg, thereafter, do I have to taper to 3 mg or can I just 'jump' back to 3 mg?? I forgot to ask the nurse, and I don't like to second-guess Pred. dosages. Well, I am going on the nebuliser now, so by the time you read this, I will , hopefully, be in the Land of Nod. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
GCA and asthma: Hello Everybody. It's 4.20 am and I... - PMRGCAuk
GCA and asthma
![karools16 profile image](https://images.hu-production.be/avatars/1a8b7f550934f0d81cfc13794cf0e44b_small@2x_100x100.jpg)
![karools16 profile image](https://images.hu-production.be/avatars/1a8b7f550934f0d81cfc13794cf0e44b_small@2x_100x100.jpg)
Can only tell you what I did, but I wasn't nearly at a low dose such as yours. Found I couldn't just jump back but had to do it in stages - really like a fast taper, but it worked well under the circumstances.
Know what you mean about the nebuliser!
![PMRpro profile image](https://images.hu-production.be/avatars/0552c0a893f8293c57ee1b3703b6cef8_small@2x_100x100.jpg)
Theoretically, you can safely go straight back to the 3mg if it works for you - it is your baseline and even if your baseline was zero pred you would have been given 40mg for 5 days and stop. But everyone is different and you will have to see how you go.
Thanks, PMRpro. I didn't get any sleep, and have chewed 3 people's heads off today with irritability.I might taper before going straight to 3 again as I want to see if the higher dose will help my arms, which have been sore for a while now.
Yes, you are quite right. One size doesn't fit us all when you have Pmr/Gca.