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@vellen

Thanks. I did get to 6.5 but at day 3 had to go back to 7. So disappointing. I appreciate the info and will let my doctor know at my next appointment.

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DadCue | @dadcue | Jul 5 8:20pm

I understand how it is. My rheumatologist once said I should call her before increasing my dose. I was at 7 mg for a week and called her every day Mon-Fri to say the pain was getting worse. She responded as soon as she could and suggested possible reasons for why the pain was getting worse. She was interested in what was going on. That particular time I did exactly what she told me to do. She asked me to try some things before increasing my dose. She wasn't angry when I called on Monday to say I went back to 10 mg. Usually I would wait to my next appointment.

My rheumatologist always seemed to understand the difficulty I was having. She never seemed angry when I increased my dose. She just wanted me to keep her in the loop in regards to my Prednisone dose.

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