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Posted 4/10/2013 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
So, I guess the new thing for a mild flare is to take a few days of prednisone at the thereaputic dose and then stop without tapering. have you guys experienced that and have done well or has it caused rebound flaring?
Posted 4/10/2013 11:06 PM (GMT 0)
Good luck.

I experiment a lot. When I have cut pred short it comes back sometimes months later, not recommended.

If things keep going well with this fast taper I will post some useful taper tools.

Sunday before last I was 20mg
Last Sunday I was 10mg
Yesterday I was 0.00 but decided to take 5mg after forgetting a dial in conf call - but felt fine. 5 today.
Feeling ready to go 0.00, certainly by the next sunday I should be off pred and at 0.00.

Dropped 10 lbs in this fast taper, nearly all of it from my face :) Normally I am a lean guy.

Noticed the superficial clot on my good arm the hospital caused began to vanish once the prednisone got low. Prednisone=clotting for myself, going to avoid it in the future. RS diet should eliminate the need for it and that is why I am tapering fast.
Posted 4/10/2013 11:11 PM (GMT 0)
That seems crazy to me. I hate it when the doctor gives you orders to taper before it has even put you into remission. Now you're saying only take it for a few days and then just stop. While that probably won't harm you withdrawyl wise I really don't see pred putting you into a remission in that short of time. As I said before, I personally think it is stupid to taper the medicince at all until you reach remission first, unless it is not doing well enough to even put you into remission.
Posted 4/10/2013 11:54 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah, I have to agree with garylouisville. My boss was put on 40 mg and then tapered to 20 mg after about 4 days and I was like, dude, you're still bleeding and you're still having upwards of 20 bms a day! That's NOT remission. This was after the GI had taken him off of Asacol when it didn't kick in after 3 days, and put him on 6MP, to which he had a serious reaction. :-(

He ended up in the hospital because his GI was incompetent. Once he got there, the new GI (who is the head of the practice at the hospital) prescribed *exactly* what I had been insisting he should have -- 60 mg pred + 5ASAs. He's in remission now and got there way faster than I ever have.
Posted 4/11/2013 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
Well, I am on Imuran and have upped my dose to 150mg (the original dosage). This is how I got off Pred before without rebound flaring. Back in the day, pred did take all my symptoms/signs away, but now it does not completely all the time. I hope the higher dose of Imuran will fill in the gaps (plus boswellia, turmeric, aloe , probiotics, and fish oils --- Geez Loueeze, I hate taking so many pills!)

We'll see what happens in a couple of days :/
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