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Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 14, 2023 | Replies (2164)
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Hi Sue, wow, that's awful to get a reaction like this to every vaccine you receive. I'm glad to hear that a two week course of prednisone calms it down for you. My doctor gave me a Medrol pack which was I think 6 days. It didn't help at all but I wonder if a regimen similar to yours might have helped more. I'll ask my doctor about it. That's wonderful that your daughter only experienced a mild reaction to her booster shot. Hopefully that third dose will give her plenty of protective antibodies. Many thanks again for your reply!
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@littlenoise and @mcd2021 My doc used 40 mg for 7 days, then 20 mg for 7 days of prednisone. This has been my pattern for years, except minor asthma flares, which are 20 mg for 7 days. According to both primary and pain doc, no "taper" is required for short courses of prednisone (less than a month).
I will take quite a bit of vaccine discomfort over Covid or flu - I have compromised lungs (asthma & bronchiectasis) and inflammatory arthritis - last bout of flu landed me with pneumonia, then a year of bronchitis followed by several other long infections, 18 months of antibiotic therapy which made me very ill, all of which morphed into chronic pain that took another year to get under control...
Sue