My Meds.. someone help! lol

[renidrag]

I started at 80mgs pred in August 09 and was off of them in Feb 10. Had moon face and camel hump and all the fixings. I am also big at 6'4'' and started at 200lbs. A little higher than that now. But slowly coming down. I think 80 is considered like a megadose to get the ball rolling, but I was down to 60 in two weeks I think.
Dale

[Sangye]

I'm doing 80 mg/day of Prednisone...have been for three weeks (since I left the hospital)..but I'm also a big guy (6'2 - 230lbs...and gaining). I'll have to be more pointed and specific when I ask my doc what his plans are for tapering me. I'm already starting to get the round-face and I would love to back off this stuff ASAP.

Definitely get more specifics but don't count on tapering the pred super-fast. The moon face will lessen and disappear at low doses but you have a ways to go before then. Just do your best to control eating-- especially fat, salt and sugar-- and you can minimize weight gain. Pred is not really given based on weight (sorta-kinda). A weight of 230 would not justify higher doses. I weighed less than you (back then!!) and was started on 1,000 mg solumedrol (equiv 1,500 mg oral pred).