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Thank you @susan63 that helps. I have a pill cutter as well but perhaps I need to look at getting a different one. Mine is super finicky and cutting a 5mg pill in half is already a challenge. I read that liquid prednisone is an option. I wonder if that would be easier dosage wise.
Does anyone have any experience with liquid prednisone?
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My favorite shape of a pill splitter is one that holds the pill in a V shape so no adjustment is needed based on pill size. Simply slide the pill to the bottom of the V and it is lined up with the splitting edge. Also, I've learned to gently split the pill using just enough pressure that the pill splits. I have had to split my morning Synthroid for years. I have learned a few tricks. Many pills are not really flat so pushing the splitting edge down too fast will cause the pill to move up the V and the split is more of a two thirds- one third split.
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I asked my doctor for 1mg and 2.5mg to make my life easier.
Happy to say that since starting at 20mg in December, I'm down to 3.5 for the last week.
I hope to be off by December, reducing slowly by 0.5mg every 10 days or so. Yes, I have some pain, but nothing a couple of Tylenol can't handle.
Good luck to us all!