pred bit confused.

started on 40mg pred on may 28th after 3rd big attack [&capture] within 2weeks ish, im now on 20mg pred getting tapered off of it. feeling asthma relapse-ish [for lack of better words], now, similar to how i feel after i've been on burst courses. this is the first long course ive been on, normally on 4-6 days 40mg then off them. with been on them since 28th i'd expect some sort of change with it? my peak flow is still low-ish [300], & tightness, with bits of shortness of breath. not sure whether i should go back & tell gp i feel worse now than i did when i got put on them or leave it till i finished course?

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Go and see your Gp. Do you get hay fever?

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i do get hayfever but it doesnt seem to be playing up this year & I'm taking my allergy tablets for it.

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I would go back to GP and speak to them about it...may be you need a slower tapper. If symptoms are not being controlled then you risk an exacerbation...might be better to nip things in the bud before they get to far out of hand.

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cheers for the answers, ill bob to doctors tomorrow if i can & explain whats going on.

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GP!!! Most common problems are when dropping around 25-15 (I was told this yesterday too although experience it every single time myself anyway) Often just need to hold on each dose for longer to let your body adjust better.

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was on 5 days 40mg, 5 days 30, on 6th day of 20mg.. thought it'd be slow enough coming down but apparently not? not managed to get into doctors as i wasnt awake due to been awake most of the night coughing & stuff. had a reaction to some tablets last night which triggered asthma.

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It is fairly slow but I have just been whacked back up to 60mg and my reductions are every 10-14 days by 5mg. To be fair this is the slowest reduction I have done, only one that was harder was reducing from 40 by 2.5mg a week by taking 40 one day 35 the next etc and then the next week 35 and 30. that was ridiculous. Hopefully they will get you sorted.