Timing of taking prednisone

Posted by pst @pst, Feb 12, 2023

Some of the side effects I have from prednisone include shakiness, blurred vision, inability to stand for long periods and general lack of coordination. I’m a painter so this isn’t helpful.
I noticed by day’s end those conditions improved. I started taking the prescription before bed. Early days, but it seems to work. Has anyone else tried this AND is there any reason one shouldn’t?
Thanks.

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brian1950 | @brian1950 | Jul 27 10:07pm

Wow I have been trying to find out if someone else was doing this. Yes it works perfectly for me, maybe for different reasons than you. My problem was if I took it in the morning as prescribed by my doctor by the time I woke up the next morning my muscles and joints were very sore and stiff. They would ease up as the morning progressed and since I would take my prednisone around 9am I was pretty good by early afternoon. I also tried split dosage in am and pm, this worked better than the am only dosage but I still would wake up with manageable degrees of aches and pain. Bottom line was that taking the full dosage at night around 8pm works perfectly for me from a pain management perspective. Hope this helps.

lashley75 | @lashley75 | Jul 28 10:05am

Ditto here….taking prednisone after dinner when I settled in for the day. Don’t notice the dizziness I get like when taking first thing on the morning.

However, the 5 msg is fine, but I take a 8 hr Tylenol to get me thru the day time.