I was down to 3.5 mg october 15. began to have increased pain. made the mistake of going up by 1, then another 1, and another 1 mg, a few days later when i was on 6 and was still in pain i went to 10 and made an appointment with my doctor. he said stay at 10 a few days and then try to go down 1. didn't work. i'm 3 days at 15 and in extreme knee, back, and shoulder pain... Something is not right... seeing my doctor in 2 hours. 8 out of 10 pain...
Can anyone out there give me some advice for when i go to the doctor.
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Just tell him what you've explained above....but only 3 days at 15mg may not be enough for a flare....
Sometimes, depending on how much inflammation has been allowed to build up you need longer at higher dose to get it back under control. I always suggest 7-10 days, but you can stay on up to 14 days without it jeopardising your return to lower doses.
yes, much more specific, mainly knees, middle of my back, and shoulders. he has me started me on a medication for Rheumatoid Arthritis (just in case) and we just switched to Methlypredisone. 12 mg. - i'm feeling much better,, the regular predisone just wasn't working anymore. he says the tapering is more difficult on this medicine. we will see.
That's good - I had the opposite experience, Medrol was truly awful for me! Needed a higher dose for less effect and the adverse effects were really not nice - lovely black beard for a start!!!
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