Tapering prednisone and miserable

[parache81]

tapering prednisone and miserable

Hello all, i haven't posted much but follow all of your posts.
I was on 40 mg of pred for 4 weeks, last week went down to 35 and this week I am currently taking 30mg. I've been in pain all day today, I feel then pain in my kidneys and also kind of like period cramps.

Is this normal?

One other question, I have had kidney stones before, Is there a possiblit that i may have them again as it is one of the side effects of Pred?:confused2: :confused2:

 

[fenway1971]

Hi parache. You sound like you're going through exactly what I went through about 2 months ago.

I was on 40mg for 4 weeks then 35, etc. Now I'm on 5mg for 3 weeks before going to 5mg every other day and then off.

About your time, I got kidney stones. It sucked. But, they went away and were small. Make sure you drink lots of water - I believe the fluid retention of prednisone causes dehydration, so keep drinking.

Are you taking calcium supplements? I started to and then stopped once I got the stones.

Are you taking any other meds? I was taking colazal and wonder if that wasn't a culprit also.

Hang in there. Good news is i've already seen bloating go down as well as insomnia go away.

 

[parache81]

I'm no taking calcium or any other meds. Just the prednisone.

Were you able to pass the stones on your own? Last time I had them I was in and out of the hospital for an entire week before I passed them.

I have actually been sleeping better, thankfully I ave not gained any weight and have had no sign of a moon face.

I just really scared about the kidney stones, my last experience was not so pretty.

 

[fenway1971]

I was able to pass them on my own. They were small (2mm). Lucky you no moon face.