Pred it is

Good luck Fred, I too just started taking 40 mg of pred. I', taking one in the morning, 2 in the afternoon and one at bed time. I make sure to eat right before I take the pred. First time for me at taking this level. I am also taking 4 tabs of azulfidine, 3 tabs of colazal. So far it's only causing me alittle sleep. My GI gave me ambien cr. I am also using a cortenema every other night. My flare was going on for about 6 months and I too had enough. Lets keep in touch and see how we progress and any side effects we get

Rod

Thanks Rod... Good luck. Aguy... Dang, 70 mgs .. you sure go through the ringer. I still like to think of you as healed doing hand stands on the skateboard...

My Dr was saying he tapers in 10 mg incriments... Seems fast but ??

Good luck fred!

What are you taking in addition to pred to maintain remission?

I dropped by 10 mg increments until I hit 15 mg. I went from 40, to 30, to 20, to 15, to 10, to 10 every other day, then off.

My doc also had me split my dose. At 40 mg, I took 10 mg at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime. At 30 mg, I took it with the three meals, at 20 mg I took it at breakfast and lunch. At 15 mg and under I took it at breakfast. My GI felt I was less likely to experience bad side effects/adrenal supression this way due to how/when cortisol is produced.

Thnx all.