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@2heal

Prednisone can cause osteoporosis so I began by taking a good calcium supplement. I had an onslaught of muscle cramps after a few weeks of prednisone and started a Magnesium supplement which has helped a lot. I don’t have solutions for the other issues I’ve experienced but just wish you good luck on your journey.

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Thank you for the well wishes. I had heard about the osteoporosis and intend on taking a calcium supplement. In so far as magnesium supplements, I had already been taking a magnesium supplement called “magnesium calm“. I suspect this will help in that regard. To be honest, right now it just feels good not to have the symptoms. I was started on 30 mg a day of prednisone when first diagnosed. My doctor suggested That sometime mid week I should attempt to cut it back to 20 mg. The first time I tried it didn’t work out very well. Woke up with about 90% of the original symptoms. Went back to the original 30 mg Per day for another day and now I’m trying it again. Seems to be working out better this time but time will tell. With all the horror stories on here concerning prednisone, I figured the lower the starting dose that maintains this, the “easier” Getting off of it will be in the future.
Again, thank you for the advice!