Re: [ Prednisone-Withdrawal link

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Hi Jeanette!

I hope you are feeling well soon! My rheumatologist

gives me Prednisone for the RA but mine is limited.

She always worries with my age and my bones. They

usually start me on 2 pills a day, then 1 and a half

pills a day for a week, then 1 pill a day, then a half

pill a day. I'm never on it long term though, or I

feel so miserable with everything else (the RA, and

some hereditary conditions I have) that I don't notice

my withdrawal always. I just found a link that I

wanted to share with you. It is an article in

Arthritis Today that talks of Prednisone Withdrawal

and speaks of headaches and what can be done. I hope

this helps! I also read a great article on Prednisone

in the Sept/Oct edition of Arthritis Today. I love

that magazine! I tend to learn a lot from it and keep

my issues on hand so that I can go back to them for

reference (I have horrible cognitive dysfunction due

to FMS/MPS/CFS and anxiety, and all the medications) I

hope this link helps you!

http://www.arthritis.org/ra-questions-2.php

--- laurie buran <kidslpn@...> wrote:

> hi jeanette...my name is laurie and i was diagnosed

> with fms in 2002.i have been on all sorts of med

> regimes and am just finishing the last day of my

> prednisone today.i am on vicodin for the pain during

> the flares and for daily pain,but this last time

> something was different than the usual

> pain...nothing was working...so we tried toradol

> tabs...they r a non narcotic anti inflammatory and

> most drs dont use them unless u ask for them by

> name.insurances like to have an injection of toradol

> b4 the tablets r given.i have been having a lot of

> success w/them.....and i only need 1 or 2 for the

> entire day.as a nurse...i can tell u if u stop the

> prednisone to quickly u will have a rebounding of

> pain and symptoms.u r on the downward side of the

> steroids.....hang in there......consider talking

> about some new pain meds...toradol...not

> tramadol.......will help w/the awful headaches.i

> hope u feel better real soon and have a wonderful

> christmas season.laurie

>

> Jeanette <jhkerch@...> wrote: My

> doctor is beginning to wean me off prednisone and

> none too soon.

> Actually she started 4 mos ago bring me from 15 mg

> down to 10mg. I

> lost 4 lbs, yippee. Now I'll be at 9 mg. but in the

> meantime the

> prednisone has also caused my BP to go up and I've

> had a headache

> nearly constant the last 3 weeks. Not bad enough to

> have migraines on

> occaision, but double that with these high bp

> headaches!

> Discouraging. I see my pcp tuesday for another pill

> to reduce bp until

> I'm off pred. Oh, I hate all these pills. How do you

> all come off

> prednisone? My Rheumy wants to decrease 1 mg every 4

> mos. I want to

> reduce faster like 1 every 2 mos. Ideas??

>

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> u know i love ya...right? laurie

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, didn't mean to leave YOU out, Thankyou for that link, it

tells me a lot. Like I'd better be patient.

My

> > doctor is beginning to wean me off prednisone and

> > none too soon.

> > Actually she started 4 mos ago bring me from 15 mg

> > down to 10mg. I

> > lost 4 lbs, yippee. Now I'll be at 9 mg. but in the

> > meantime the

> > prednisone has also caused my BP to go up and I've

> > had a headache

> > nearly constant the last 3 weeks. Not bad enough to

> > have migraines on

> > occaision, but double that with these high bp

> > headaches!

> > Discouraging. I see my pcp tuesday for another pill

> > to reduce bp until

> > I'm off pred. Oh, I hate all these pills. How do you

> > all come off

> > prednisone? My Rheumy wants to decrease 1 mg every 4

> > mos. I want to

> > reduce faster like 1 every 2 mos. Ideas??

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > u know i love ya...right? laurie

> >

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