Re: Hey Everyone...It has been awhile again/Update

January 1, 2001

Hi Tony - good to hear from you

> to wean myself off Prednizone and actually haven't taken Minocin for the

> last month either...I know I should probably continue the Minocin but I am

> just tired of filling my body with a bunch of drugs....I'll be starting it

> up again in about a week...I'm just enjoying my drug vacation...

Weaning yourself off prednisone at this stage seems to be a good idea - my

daughter did the same at about this stage as she just got fed up with it.

And yes, she had bad side effects, including moon face, at only 5mg per

day.

Dr. Brown said that minocycline could be discontinued for up to four weeks

without going backwards. If you want to keep medication to a minimum, I'd

restart minocycline at 200mg Mon Wed and Fri only as for the long haul,

the intermittent dose is the best and sustainable. Dr. Brown also said

that 'the least medication the better'.

> One item which concerns me is the is that my doctor recently noticed my

> blood pressure has increased and is marginally high....I've NEVER had a

> problem like this before...it has always been perfect....Does anyone know if

> any of the many drugs I've taken could have caused this?

Probably - so it should go down again now that you've dropped most of

them.

> One ending note, had an interesting conversation with the last doc I

> saw....I discussed my frustration with the weight gain cause by the

> prednizone...he told me that NO DOCTOR would attribute my weight gain to the

> prednizone....it is just my age...I'm 41 now and it is

> normal.....interesting, that's not what I seem to read everywhere else OR

> what my RDs have said?.....

Many people experience chronic weight gain on prednisone - it amazes

me that a doctor would say there is no connection, but then again it

shouldn't surprise me at all considering the performance of most doctors

we come across...

Chris.

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