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Tapering off of Prednisone is a pretty complicated subject in my opinion because of some of the different ways of doing it.
Just the other day I received something from someone who may no longer be a Facebook member as to an article that she had found on tapering ( weaning ) off of Prednisone…
” I read this article last week and found it interesting so am passing along. I know many of us are on a maintenance dose of Prednisone and are okay with this but for those that would like to be off of it I think this way of tapering may make it possible. I am down to 3 mg now and the way I did it was like this:
- Above 5 mg I would drop by 2.5 mg when my body completely adjusted to the change in dose. Sometimes this would take over a month but I wouldn’t budge until I felt one hundred percent back to normal. Meaning, I had no night sweats, no fevers, no need for allergy pills, no need for TUMS, no pain in my joints, no muscle pain, no numbness, no mucus, etc. etc. Long battle but my dose did get lower with time.
I’ve come to realize that ever since I’ve been on prednisone, that I have had some serious issues with my chompers ( that teeth for the rest of you out there ) and here is just another of those things that makes the use of prednisone a double edged sword.
While the dreaded prednisone keeps my condition in check, it also seems to have this one really terrible side effect…it slowly but surely seems to just eat away at our CALCIUM!
Before I get to my teeth issues let’s take a look at one of the main things that prednisone can cause…
What? What do you mean I’m moody?! I’m not moody…I’m on Prednisone!
Don’t laugh at the sentence, as this is something that some people experience while on prednisone.
At least for now, prednisone is the main ” Go To ” drug of choice when it comes to treating Churg Strauss and some of it’s other interesting complications such as Asthma.
From this point forward in this article, I am speaking to my own expierence so take this just for what it is…
I have been on this great little drug for better than two years now as I was actually using it to a much lesser extant a few months before I was diagnosed with CSS for the treatment of my Nasal Polyps, one of several pre cursors I have lived with over the years before my eventual CSS diagnosis and while I have always been somewhat ( stop laughing! ) moody, I have noticed that prednisone only makes the issue worse. But before I speak further to this let me just back this up just a bit with some other folks ( who will remain anonymous ) experiences in this area… WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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Before I go any further, I want to point out that it’s just great to be able to still use some of the features of my Blackberry ( read; Video Camera ) even though I have the phone service turned off ( because I cannot afford it anymore ) even as I have said Blackberry up for auction on Ebay at this very moment….anyway…
Part four of my thoughts about living with CSS for another year now brings up the issues of Health, Money, and Medications.
Another day that I am really not doing a lot of work, but I thought that I am way overdue to share some of these photos from our last vacation in Maine from last year ( yes, I know it’s almost been a year since that vacation ) but as has been apparent, I have been extremely busy with other aspects of the blog, and of course my day to day adventures at my place of interment ( that would be work for the rest of you ) and that’s why I have finally taken a moment to share these pics with everyone so enjoy…
below are two pics of Sue and I on one of the two boat rides we took, and we are not very pretty looking in these pics…
Sorry that I haven’t done one of these since January, but you know how things get sometimes…
Okay, so I touched upon a few things in this one, and I apologize but I really had to touch upon everything that I spoke of here, and the new blog is a pretty important new project that I hoope eventually will be able to hep others who find themselves having to deal with the possibility of losing their home…but more on this blog as I get closer to launching it.
I will have another post here either tomorrow or Thursday.
Hi Everyone…I want to share a little tale with you…
Before my diagnosis last year of Churg Strauss Syndrome back in November of 07, I had a serious ( although I did not think so at the time ) issue with Nasal Polyps.
This was just a few months after my mother’s passing, and I was starting to have some issues with breathing through my nose. My nasal passages would become clogged up on a regular basis, and I would eventually go to later on what would become a second home to me….Crystal Run Medical, and see doctor Lissette Giraud, a specialist of Otolaryngology, and after a pretty uncomfortable examination of my nasal passages, she informed me that I had Nasal Polyps and that we would try to treat them with a steroid…guess which one…
My little white pill buddy, that’s right Prednisone, and this would be my first exposure to prednisone ( and unfortunately not my last either ) and I would be on this for almost three weeks, and after the prescription ran it’s course ( about four weeks ) I went back and my polyps were cleared up.
I found this story on the pages of the blog site ” Wish Everyone Good Health ” and the story was written by Mary Maddux, who is a practitioner, teacher and writer in the fields of healing and self-development.
She has an MS in clinical social work, has been trained as a Healing Touch Practitioner and has many years of experience in the practice and teaching of meditation. Drawing on her extensive work background in both conventional and alternative settings, she has created a unique series of CDs for relaxation, meditation and healing.
Mary studied with stretching expert, Jacques Gauthier, during his walk across the United States. A DVD with his simple, but effective stretches is available on her website, http://www.heartofhealing.net/Products/StretchingDVD.html.
Visit her website, http://www.heartofhealing.net, for in-depth discussions and practical information on topics related to healing, as well as to learn about Mary’s CDs.
Hi there and welcome to Part Two of this series on Churg Strauss And The Tapering Of Prednisone.
In part one of this series, I had focused on what I am currently doing as far as my own Prednisone Taper, but what I will touch upon now is something that I came across on one of the forums and is taken from someone who was on a Taper Routine that was done differently.
I will not be revealing this person’s name, but I will be using some of the info listed as reference…
Now this person was on a taper that at the end was doneusingalternative day dosing and below is how the goal of getting off Prednisone was achieved by this individual…WAIT! There is more to read… read on »
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What? What do you mean I’m moody?! I’m not moody…I’m on Prednisone!
