I've been blessed to find this sitethere are no judgment on questions some of you have had millions of times.
tomorrow my pred is due a decrease and after reading the comments I am slightly stressed. I did try and contact GP but I missed the "time to call " so will try again today
but again THANK YOU ..
hi. Do you mean you don't feel lowering your dose is the right time for you. How much as you taking at the moment?
I just worry as peeps on here seem think it's a lot..still waiting for GP to call back..but as it was hospital stated the drop.guess they must be right.arent they ?
WHAT is a lot? The dose or the amount you are being told to drop at one time?
the amount to drop ..
Go about it SLOWLY. Drop for one day and go back to the old dose the next few days, then try the new dose again. You will find more detailed instructions under Tapering in the FAQs with a coule of different options. That way you challenge your body with the new dose just one day at a time and your body gets used to it in a more gentle manner, I found it was happy again after 3 or 4 encounters. And if it is too uncomfortable even like that - how much are you dropping at a time? Can you make it smaller?
this us wat the opthalmology dr said to do then my next drop next month is just 5mg a day it does seem alot BUT forb5 days I was on 60g which she dropped to 45g with no side effects...so guess she doing same..
In one of previous posts -re reducing from 45mg to 30mg -this was my reply
At higher doses for GCA, Pred can be reduce in bigger steps - but 45mg to 30mg is too much... 33% definitely not good.
I'd go up to 40mg for a few days, then down to 35mg... and stay there for a 3-4 weeks and then only 5mg a time, until you reach 25mg, then by 2.5mg..
What are you on now?
If the “time to call” is difficult does your surgery have eConsult?
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