Originally Posted by
tomary76
Yes. I just saw my Dr. today. He said he did not think my symptoms were caused by the Rituxan. I told him I started with these symptoms several days after my first treatment. It got a little worse with the 2nd treatment. I was taking 40mg prednisone. He dropped it to 30, then next week 20mg. He is only treating 5 pt. right now including myself. I have read many of the posts on this forum along with the internet side effects. I know not to believe everything I read on the internet, but I'm hoping it will all go away after the completion of the 4 treatments.
You may also be dealing with pred withdrawal. 10 mg a week below 40 mg is a 25% reduction. You could go back to 40 and see how you feel, then start again by dropping 5 mg every two weeks.
Pete
dx 1/11
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