I’ve been prescribed 3 weeks of prednisone. The rheumatologist said I should feel great with it. I’ve been taking 7.5mg a day since Saturday morning, and I feel worse than I did before. If it’s not helping yet, does that mean it probably won’t help at all? Thanks!
I've Prednisone very good, works for me whithin 24 to48 hours
Thanks Sharon,but doctor has put me on 25mg for Five days, then 20 mg for 5 x days, reducing by 5md every 5 days until on stat dose of 5mg daily.
Try going back up to 10mg daily. IF that works, take 10mg for 1 month. Then reduce by ONLY 1 mg each month.
If your reduction makes you worse - go back up by 1 mg until you reach where you are pain-free and stay there for a month before reducing my 1 mg. This stops the yo-yo of going down too fast and having to go back up again
My stat dose is 5mg daily, since flare up end of August now on 25mg daily off 5 x days, then 20mg daily for 5 days reducing by 5mg until back on stat dose.
I'm on a Prednisone taper too and feel like crap! Usually around day 3 I start getting back to normal but not this time. I was so sick Monday I had to skip the Prednisone.