Connect
← Return to How to wean off prednisone 5mg without side effects?
Discussion
How to wean off prednisone 5mg without side effects?
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jan 1 9:00pm | Replies (43)Comment receiving replies
In our experience it is sometimes helpful toward the end of a taper (say, the last 1-2 mg) to do increments less than a whole mg. That might not be necessary but throwing it out there!
Replies to "In our experience it is sometimes helpful toward the end of a taper (say, the last..."
Connect
I personally didn't think increments less than 1 mg was helpful. Many people will disagree. It is a good question but I don't think my body could discern that small of an amount of Prednisone. I feel like the makers of Prednisone would make .5 mg tablets if that was the case. However, those 1 mg tablets are scored so I guess it is fine to split them in half. I was too lazy to do that though.
I was skeptical when an endocrinologist told me 3 mg was such a small dose that I wouldn't need to taper. She said I could simply stop taking Prednisone. That hinged on me having an adequate cortisol level. Even then I wasn't totally convinced that I should do that.
I’m a skeptic by nature. I don’t completely agree with anything I say. People can say anything to me and I try to be agreeable.