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MCC
06-29-2011, 11:59 PM
and then I'm done :thumbup: In October I come off Aza too, if it goes to plan.

I hope you are all ok x

Sangye
06-30-2011, 12:17 AM
Wow-- that is awesome. I hope you get to be off all the drugs very soon! :w00t:

NicShaf
06-30-2011, 12:23 AM
Yay, wonderful news! I hope everything goes according to plan!

MCC
06-30-2011, 02:27 AM
Thank you very much guys.

freakyschizogirl
06-30-2011, 04:51 AM
wow, hope to join you one day. :thumbsup:

sadpixie
06-30-2011, 12:48 PM
That is great news!

Psyborg
06-30-2011, 09:02 PM
Congrats!!!! That is great news for you. I hope you continue in health :)

elephant
07-01-2011, 08:24 AM
Congrats, throw a big party for yourself! Yahoo!

MCC
07-01-2011, 06:19 PM
Thank you!


Grr I have realised I got it wrong though doh! It is in another week I am supposed to stop. Do you think a week would make a difference? I have been on pred for 18 months, currently on 1mg and for last few months my dosage has gone down 1mg every 3 weeks from 5mg - so two weeks on 1mg right now.

pberggren1
07-01-2011, 09:35 PM
Thank you!


Grr I have realised I got it wrong though doh! It is in another week I am supposed to stop. Do you think a week would make a difference? I have been on pred for 18 months, currently on 1mg and for last few months my dosage has gone down 1mg every 3 weeks from 5mg - so two weeks on 1mg right now.


I would say you are probably safe if you were to taper that fast without feeling any side effects.

Psyborg
07-01-2011, 09:38 PM
I would tend to agree with Phil. I think at 1mg you body is making most of it on it's own again. I'd be ready to refill the script if there are any feelings of fatigue or pain though.

MCC
07-01-2011, 09:52 PM
Thank you both of you.

Is that fast then? I was on 5mg for a long time, and it was just 3 months ago I started coming down from that.

pberggren1
07-01-2011, 10:27 PM
That's not too fast. Most docs would say go no faster than 1mg per month once down to 10mg and maybe even a bit slower after 5mg but you know your own body the best. So going 1mg every 3 weeks is not much faster.

Sangye
07-02-2011, 05:15 AM
Mandy, my recommendation is to just do the extra week of 1mg. It's not a big dose, and you really do not want to risk having to stay on pred-- especially higher doses--if you get off it too fast.

MCC
07-10-2011, 11:50 PM
Thanks Sangye. I took your advice, but am now finished :)

Elena
07-11-2011, 06:04 AM
Congratulations!

I was just bumped up from 7,5 mg to 20 mg :( already tapering though, and hopefully I will be down to 7,5 mg again by early september.

Sangye
07-11-2011, 10:45 AM
Thanks Sangye. I took your advice, but am now finished :)
WHOOYA!! I'm so happy for you! :w00t::thumbsup::hug3:

Psyborg
07-11-2011, 10:24 PM
Thanks Sangye. I took your advice, but am now finished :)

Congrats :) I screwed my taper up and ended back up at 10mg again...kind of annoying how those mistakes work with Pred :p Going back to 9mg again tomorrow, then 1 mg every 2-3 weeks depending on how I feel.

MCC
07-11-2011, 11:12 PM
Thank you. I hope you will all join me - and soon!!