Well, I'm back on the prednisone, hopefully it will allow the Cimzia to take hold and be maintained as my maintenance drug but my flare was too severe and I had to slow it down to give the Cimzia a fighting chance. So started taking 50mg per day yesterday and when things are stable and under control I will taper down though I know my body and I will need to do a slow taper. I think I will also take the advice of alternating up and down every other day before going straight down as part of my taper to see if that helps. I hate prednisone because I know what it can do to me long term, on the flip side I love it because I feel completely normal again, like my old self when on it, and I don't get any of the short term side effects that others I know sometimes get so it's very much a love/hate drug for me. My doctors office is also working on presrcibing VSL #3 DS for me to take along with the Cimzia and they are working to get it all covered by my insurance as well so that would be great, hoping that maybe that addition might do the trick. Praying it will, it's been a long time since I've been "normal" without prednisone in the mix.
Post Edited (butte1) : 8/22/2012 9:13:51 AM (GMT-6)