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Memory and attention problems on prednisone
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 27, 2023 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
Having been on prednisone for a year now I definitely note memory lapses. With respect to the various medications I use the weekly dispensers and lay them out by my coffee machine. I take the prednisone at 5am then other meds at 6am and others at 10am - so three weekly dispensers. The weekly dispensers show you clearly if you have taken your medication for the day or not. It becomes so repetitive that without these dispensers I would be quite confused. Best of luck.
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Yes, that's the way to go. I keep all my meds and supplements in a weekly dispenser except for the prednisolone which I left in their original bottles next to the dispenser. That means that as my attention and memory have got worse recently I had no way to see if I'd taken it.
Yesterday I bought a second weekly dispenser just for the pred, and that will definitely help. The objective of leaving them in their own container was to keep them as fresh and potent as possible, but since the tablets aren't individually sealed anyway, that probably doesn't matter. The new dispenser along with the note on the coffee frother will do the trick, regardless of attention or memory lapses. Thank you for the suggestion.