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I was 69 and still working part time. When my pcp decided I had pmr I...
saw a rheumatologist who upped the dose ... I remember splitting the dose in the ... I am not splitting the dose now.
Discussion: PMR and Work
Posted: Jan 20 6:10am
If you've been frustrated with pill cutting with uneven cutting and pill crumbling which can happen,...
doctor would suggest alternating daily doses ... the math can get complicated when splitting ... there is a risk of taking the wrong dose ... Alternating dose days is another way
Discussion: Pill splitting
Posted: Jan 21 4:51pm
My initial dose was 20mg starting 12/23, I was down to 10 mg on 6/24. I...
My initial dose was 20mg starting 12 ... I can't promise you that I was splitting ... my dose in 1/2 morning and night because ... I was not recording my dosing. ... tried backing off on my night time dose
Posted: Feb 22 4:16pm
This is a typical pattern although I woke up at 3 a.m. with pain. Waking up...
Taking a small prednisone dose in the ... with any pain in the morning when I split ... my dose that way. ... , my rheumatologist was okay with splitting ... my dose.
Posted: Sep 2, 2024
A tablet or capsule? Unless you can obtain titrating strips (available from Holland, I believe), or...
Holland, I believe), or obtain lower doses ... A tablet requires splitting to lower ... the dose, and a capsule requires opening
I saw my rheumatologist Aug 7th. I have been at 5 mg for awhile. Have gotten...
He does not believe in splitting pills ... I'm to go back to the previous dose ... stress if you've been at a stable dose
Posted: Aug 18, 2024
Yep - same here in that I read about the split dose in this forum !...
same here in that I read about the split ... dose in this forum ! ... My cousin took all his dose at night ... terrible flare up when taking all the dose ... pain journal of time of day of your dose
I can only speak from 50 plus years of being on and off prednisone. The doctors...
The doctors will tell me to split my ... doses into am and pm. ... for me was to take it all in one am dose ... A pm dose left me with horrible insomnia
The only advantage of taking the entire dose in the morning is supposedly the risk of...
only advantage of taking the entire dose ... With a split dose, most of my Prednisone ... dose was at 8 a.m. while the rest in ... I took 2/3 of the dose in the morning ... and 1/3 of the dose in the evening.
@galyn Thanks for your response. We have since changed rheumatologists and the new one said to...
and the new one said to definitely split ... the dose, even for GCA, because a person ... So we split the dose and his issues
Posted: Jun 21, 2024
Hello Tiffany. You won't get any medical advice here, just opinions based on our own experiences....
unusual way to take prednisone for PMR, split ... into four doses a day. ... Also, 4 doses a day would mean you&#39
Posted: Jun 14, 2024