Prednisone taper

I started on a prednisone dose of 40 about a month ago, took 40 for 3 weeks, 30 for 2 and now i'm down to 20 and i'm having some more symptoms, does anyone find that their body just needs a day to regulate to the lower dose?  I'm afraid i'm heading back down hill into my flare?  Any ideas?

At lower doses it can help to slow down the rate of the taper. Sometimes it can take a couple of days to adjust to the drop but if symptoms worsen then you could speak to your doctor about bumping up the dose to get things back under control again. And then start a new taper and maybe at a slower rate so that it's a more gradual decrease.

I, too, have found a slower taper to be the most helpful way to get off the pred without the symptoms coming back.

LookingFortheCure said...

3timechamp said...
As of last week i've gone from 7.5 every day to 7.5 every other day,and 5 every other day for two weeks,after 2 weeks 5mg every day.These are doctors orders.GOOD LUCK

Right, another variation on the theme -ride the brakes below 10.

Whenever I got below 20 mg things used to get shaky. So for me, I needed to ride the brakes below 20 mg and that made a difference.