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Adrenal insufficiency is a potential problem for anyone on steroids longer than 2 weeks. Please read up on the effects on prednisone on your cortisol release and adrenal glands to better understand what is going on.
Also, cortisol testing is unreliable while you are on prednisone per my endo, so it is difficult to determine for sure what is going on. You should not have a problem with adrenal insufficiency until you are below 7mg - I don't hit problems until around 3mg.
My Rheumy went by how I felt and not the numbers. I am tapering now and I am using both how I fell and the numbers. There is no perfect, fool proof, single approach.
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@jabrown0407
100% agree, our adrenals react differently to prednisone tapering. Some have it easier than others. 5mg prednisone is considered insignificant for everything but our cortisol levels. Paying attention to how our body reacts to each taper is just as important as listening to our doctor.
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@jabrown0407 INTERESTING. I wonder if that is why my trearment was so exreme but brief? The doctor who treated me was a real expert on pain meds. (I had one injection in my wrist, and about 2 weeks of pills.)