Drop down in pred

[Mumdadlove]

Hi all

Sorry to bother you again, last week I posted about having to up my pred as thought maybe a flare, had been on 12 and half for about 6 weeks, went up to 17 and a half and then 20, I had 8 steroid injections into my cervical spine last Friday, I had gone back down to 17and a half by this time, all went well and only time will tell if it has made a difference, I’m now a bit confused as to what to now drop down to, it will be two weeks this Saturday coming that I went up to 20mg so I know now being on 17 and a half I can within that time change drop down again without doing a normal taper, but what would you advise, down to 12 and a half or maybe just above, many thanks, real brain fog at the moment

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

We usually recommend dropping to just above the dose where the flare occurred, as that would suggest it was too low., so in your case 13mg or maybe 14mg ..

[Mumdadlove in reply to DorsetLady]

Thank you!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

DL's suggestion seems fair to me. You haven't been at the higher dose too long for that.

[Mumdadlove in reply to PMRpro]

Thank you!