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Would you share your experience with a successful Prednisone taper?

Asthma & Allergy | Last Active: Dec 30, 2024 | Replies (9)
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@lluth412

I am not sure what my taper will be - this morning I went from 20 mg to 15 mg and so far just a headache. My problem is when I get down to 10 mg. I won’t know what the taper will be until I know the Nucala is working and pulmonologist said there’s a chance I may never get off of 5 mg (yuck). I have an appt Jan 10 so let me ask what they think about a slow taper and what they are considering for me and I’ll let you know.

How long have you been on prednisone? I think that the longer you take it, the slower you have to taper.

Lisa

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staylorrn2000 | @staylorrn2000 | Dec 30, 2024

Hi Lisa. I’ve been on multiple bursts over the past year but I’ve been on it pretty much regularly since August at one dose or another. When I finally weaned off the last time in October then I went on fluticasone nasal spray and Dulera which. Obtains a steroid. After stopping both of those is when all of the steroid withdrawal side effects started at their worst and have continued if I take anything less than 5mg, and actually even at that dose I have some symptoms. It was at 10 mg of prednisone that I had no withdrawal type symptoms.

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