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2 year struggle to get off prednisone still hard to get from 3 to 2mg
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 15 9:20am | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
I feel for you I have struggled on 2mg but just gritting my teeth as I want to be off it wish I had some tips to make it easier but I haven’t
I think that’s what I have found so very hard about prednisone that if you have a hard time with tapering that’s just the way it is if I had known about the possibility of changing to hydrocortisone earlier than I did I would have tried that
I do wish you well I will go down to 1mg at end of May and expect to be sore nauseous and have headaches but will see the end in sight !
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Hydrocortisone is another "cheap imitation" of the hormone cortisol that the adrenals produce. The only advantage of hydrocortisone is it is "chemically more similar to cortisol." My endcrinlogist said it wouldn't really matter if I stayed on Prednisone or switched to hydrocortisone.