Reducing Prednisone Dose - Need advice

Ok, hopefully some of you can give me some advice.   I’m having a UC flare (have been for 3 weeks).   I called my doc office today to see if I should reduce my Prednisone this Sunday from 40mg to 30mg (I taper on Sundays).   Of course I called them at 8am, and they never called me back and now their office is closed.   I’ve been taking the Pred for 2 weeks now and started taking the mesalamine enemas twice a day last Saturday. My bleeding had already stopped by Tuesday. Not going to the bathroom as often – down from like8-10 times a day to 3-5 times a day (depending on what I eat).   No more stomach pains. Mostly a lot of gas and bloating and still some pain in my left side.   And still diarrhea when I have a BM – nothing really formed at this point.   I also take Colazal, 3 pills 3xday which I’ve been taking for years as a maintenance med.   I’m wondering now if should just go ahead and reduce the Prednisone to 30mg on Sunday?   I’m soooooo mad at them for not calling me back.   I am fed up with them!   I feel like I’m on my own in designing a regimen to get over this flare. They should be paying me, not the other way around.   Thanks so much for your advice!   Nikki Post Edited (MNBeachgal) : 7/11/2008 3:27:02 PM (GMT-6)

Thanks so much for the reply!

Well what do you know, my doc office actually called me back at 5:20pm on a Friday!  I am in total shock here! (sad isn't it?)  They told me to taper down to 30mg on Sunday and see how it goes. I have an appt with my GI on Thursday (who I haven't seen in forever) so hopefully I can keep tapering each week.  Yay!