Prednisone taper
I have been on prednisone non stop for more than 18 months due to a huge flare up and now I'm feeling a bit better thanks to Cosentyx. I've started tapering it, like my rheumatology said, but I didn't receive much guidance.
I'm now down to 4mg but going from 5 to 4 has made me feel exhausted and has brought up the fatigue again.
Have you ever experience anything similar? Any advice?
Hi
, I'm so glad that you've reached out and I hope some of our community members here can share their experiences with tapering prednisone with you here. If you haven't already, I would also encourage you reach out to your rheumatologist about the increase or change in symptoms you experienced going from 5mg down to 4. It's possible they'll want to re-evaluate the taper schedule you're currently on. I do hope that you can get some helpful information and answers! -- Warmly, Christine (Team Member) Thank you!
Get a DEXA scan asap to check for prednisone induced osteoporosis. It happened to me.
Thank you for the recommendation!
