Short Course of Prednisone?

I was on the verge of my ongoing (6 week) flare up getting really bad so my GI put me on 40mg of Prednisone. I started on Monday and by yesterday afternoon, my symptoms were practically gone. The problem is I am already starting to have side effects, such as a cloudy head, fatigue, short temper and blurred vision. He told me to call on Friday to talk about how I was feeling and tapering. Do you think I could start tapering off tomorrow? Maybe cut it down to 30mg? I can't stand feeling so out of it!

This is only my second time on prednisone in the 16 years I've had UC -the last time was 8 yrs ago and I blocked that experience out- so I'm hoping someone with more experience can give me some insight!


I am also taking Delzicol (2pills/3x a day) and Canasa suppositories nightly.

I would call the doctor ASAP to go over your symptoms, prednisone can give you bad withdrawal symptoms if you tape off the wrong way. Your doctor or nurse should be able to help you with it.

That's fantastic! I have a love/hate relationship with prednisone.

Same thing kind of happened to me recently. I was in a 95% remission, going 2-4 times per day with no other symptoms. I took pred for something other than UC for 6 days and I am now in a 99.9% remission. Still crossing fingers that it continues.