VULNERABILITY

[tgca]

As I am on 2mgs Prednisone and 10 mgs Amlodipine...please see can you advise me regarding how much more vulnerable I may be as opposed to those who are not taking meds?

[Koalajane]

I am also on prednisolone (4.5mg) and on lisinopril and amlodopine and I don’t consider I am more vulnerable than anyone else. I am also type 2 diabetic (in remission)

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Vulnerable to what? Covid? EVERYONE is vulnerable, no-one has any resistance until either they have had it or had the vaccine.

2mg pred is negligible - it is the history of long term pred that is significant now and it can't be changed - and whether your adrenal function is back to where it should be which, as yet, isn't certain as experts consider it takes up to a year to be reliable even after stopping pred entirely. At this point it is probably any other comorbidities that are far more important, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and obesity. I don't think amlodipine has any effect.

[piglette]

I definitely don’t think I am vulnerable compared to a lot of people I know.