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You really haven't supplied much information, but I'll try to help a little. I suggest you Google "Sick Day Rules for Adrenal Insufficiency". It's from the UK's NHS, Dept of Endocrinology. Generally speaking, if you are on long term steroids, your adrenal glands are not working - unless you are almost to the very end, and maybe they are starting back up again. But even if that's the case, they are probably not working well enough to handle extra stress to your body from illness. Usually, the doctors will advise upping your steroid to help you get through your illness. Don't know what your doctor is thinking. Might be something going on there that I don't know about. When I had Covid in May of last year, I was on 6 mg of Pred. I had a mild case of covid, but the doctor wanted to take me off of pred and put me on some other steroid. I bargained with her, and we just upped my prednisone by 5 mg. for about a week and a half, and then I was feeling really well, and I went back down to my usual 6mg in 2 steps - very quickly. Maybe your doctor just means the Methotrexate??? I'm pretty sure it's recommended to get off the Methotrexate for a short while prior to the covid vaccination. You need to check with your doctor again or perhaps your primary care doctor?

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You are absolutely right, sometimes one is so overwhelmed that one forgets to put others in context. I was diagnosed with PMR in December I started Prednisone 20mg and Methotrexate 15mg. I am now on 5 mg of Prednisone and 15 of Methotexate. When I asked the doctor's office what I could take in case I felt bad, they told me to stop the treatment. With all that I have learned here in these 3 months, it seemed illogical to me that stopping Methotrexate would be reasonable but not Prednisone. Thank you very much for the article. I hope the googel translator did a good job this time.