Have started to taper pred. now and am worried about everything flaring back up again. I'm newly diagnosed and my only experience of a flare is when i was hospitalised for a week!!:stinks: I have been told that things will probably start to flare again....what am i looking for? Is it going to be as severe again? Or am i going to be able to get intervention BEFORE i need to go to hospital? I'm bricking it, any hints, personal experiences much appreciated....thanks
Tapering meds??
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Hiya Jellybean
first of all - relax!
stressin about this will flare you up!
The beauty of Pred is that you can up the dosage as soon as you recognise symptoms flaring up again, then stay on the higher dose for a couple of weeks, then taper again! tapering too fast before the inflammation has had time to heal can/may result in symptoms returning. This happened to me too, but healed nicely once I'd upped the dosage and tapered again. This how I did it successfully - 50mg for one week in hospital, then 40mg for one month, 35mg for 2 weeks, 30mg for 2 weeks, 25mg for 2 weeks, 20mg for 2 weeks, when I got to 15mg, I started flaring, I upped it up to 20mg for another month, then tapered down, it took 5 months, and I'm in remission now
good luck!
dont fret, hospital is last resort.
first of all - relax!
stressin about this will flare you up!
The beauty of Pred is that you can up the dosage as soon as you recognise symptoms flaring up again, then stay on the higher dose for a couple of weeks, then taper again! tapering too fast before the inflammation has had time to heal can/may result in symptoms returning. This happened to me too, but healed nicely once I'd upped the dosage and tapered again. This how I did it successfully - 50mg for one week in hospital, then 40mg for one month, 35mg for 2 weeks, 30mg for 2 weeks, 25mg for 2 weeks, 20mg for 2 weeks, when I got to 15mg, I started flaring, I upped it up to 20mg for another month, then tapered down, it took 5 months, and I'm in remission now
good luck!
dont fret, hospital is last resort.
Hi Astra101!! Thankyou so much..... i feel a better now, i don't cope very well with the unknown... i like to know what's going on. Not that i'm a control freak, lol, i think i need to take a step back and go with the flow a little, afterall my little ones were absolutely spot on and well looked after whilst i was in hospital. I think i feel asthough i'm letting them down when i disappear for a week...thanks again, much appreciated!!
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If you do end up going back to a higher dose, you'll want permission from your doctor though. Most likely he/she ponly prescribed you enough for the taper, and running out is a very bad idea.
My best taper was similar to Astra's. 40 for 2 weeks, then tapering down 5 mg every two weeks instead of every week. Once I got down to 5mg, I stayed there for a month I think, then 2.5 mg for another few weeks. I haven't been on it since, and that was almost 2 years ago.
My best taper was similar to Astra's. 40 for 2 weeks, then tapering down 5 mg every two weeks instead of every week. Once I got down to 5mg, I stayed there for a month I think, then 2.5 mg for another few weeks. I haven't been on it since, and that was almost 2 years ago.
