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Myfortic vs Cellcept or Mycophenolate? Share your experience
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 5 6:00pm | Replies (33)Comment receiving replies
@leslyb
I have an 2nd opinion scheduled in mid June. I have been waiting 4 months to get in with someone. In the meantime My current pulmonologist is recommending cellcept.
My concern is , why change what's working, even though I do not have a firm diagnosis. Also I read side effects on cellcelpt that seem worse than prednisone. Am I correct?
I am having another CTS end of week and itf the inflammation is showing improvements I will push to tapper the pred to 20mg .
How many weeks for tappering seems to work? 2, 3 or 4? for not having a relapse of whatever I have, and getting off the prednisone.
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@leslyb
Getting 2nd opinion is a good idea.
Prednisone is anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive. I had prednisone taper down from 50 mg to 5 mg per day. It took 4 weeks, or so. Some people are staying on 5 mg of Prednisone long-term. However, long-term use is associated with bone loss, poor healing, and hypertension. Current medicine is trying to avoid LT prednisone for those reasons.
If it is working for you, it may be reasonable to stay on it until things get clear.
Cellcept is prescribed as a long-term treatment in autoimmune diseases. People are staying on it for years. Your pulmonologist is probably suspecting a chronic condition.