Can I mix and match prednisolone tablets?
eg. 5+2.5+1. = 8.5
or 5+1+1+1+1/2. = 8.5
Going to taper slower than rheumatologist says.
Thank you.
Can I mix and match prednisolone tablets?
eg. 5+2.5+1. = 8.5
or 5+1+1+1+1/2. = 8.5
Going to taper slower than rheumatologist says.
Thank you.
Yes of course you can……are they all plain uncoated white ones or the enteric coated ones?
Sometimes it can be a bit of a problem if you mix the two varieties because they are absorbed differently.
Plain uncoated ones.
Good, go for it then…..and good luck.
If I had a choice I avoided cutting, so if I had a 2.5 I wouldn’t cut a 1 because I assumed the dose is more accurate in the whole pill than the cut one. If I had no choice I cut. I don’t know how critical it is though. By the time I was cutting 1’s into quarters I decided the dose was so low by then a bit of inaccuracy didn’t matter so much.
Good luck Crommie ☘️x
I've happily cut mine, 5mg are straightforward and 1mg more fiddly.
I recently spoke to Rheumatologist and said about half dose he said to avoid cutting if I took eg 9 one day
8 next day
and carry on with alternate day it is a half without cutting tablet this is for 6weeks then I would go to 8 for 6 weeks then do the same for 8 and 7
I hope that make sense.