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Date Posted: 11:01:49 10/29/06 Sun
Author: becki (worried)
Subject: Re: high dose prednisone short term
In reply to: 's message, "high dose prednisone short term" on 07:34:01 10/29/06 Sun

>I have been prescribed 100 mg of oral prednisone once
>a day for 8 days then stop - with the hopes this will
>help my thyroid eye disease. Has anyone had experience
>doing this dose short term and then stopping cold
>turkey. Thank you for any comments.
>dd
I have been on IV steroids in large doses and once 120mg of oral pred a day. With the exception of once(and I did threaten bodily harm to my dr if he ever did that to me again) I been weaned off. Sometimes the taper was longer than others but I've weaned. Please discuss this with your dr or get a 2nd opinion;the thought of going from high dose pred to nothing scares me!The pred actually surpresses the function of your adrenal glands. If you stop suddenly they won't be working: they have to resume function gradually. Life would be VERY UNPLEASANT!!! The thought really does make me cringe. Weaning isn't always a piece of cake- I think cold turkey could be detrimental if not down right dangerous. Let us know what happens- this board really does care.
becki

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  • Re: high dose prednisone short term -- Judy K, 05:49:10 10/30/06 Mon
  • Re: high dose prednisone short term -- Leslie (Important), 17:53:45 11/01/06 Wed
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