Prednisone

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Doctor just put me back on Prednisone, and I was curious as to the dosage.

Has anyone here been on a course for Sinusitis or severe Asthma?

How long? My many milligrams a day?
 
Just watch out for the side affects, which are depression, raised sugar, raised blood pressure, in the short term you should be ok. And some people have to go long term like me sometimes. the highest I have gone is 40 mg a day for like 3 or 5 day then break it down 5 or 10 mg every 3 days. I have stayed on 20 mg a day for months many times. Then it senRAB my pressure up through the roof.
 
Usually it's a taper, starting at higher dose for several days then tapering down to a lower dose. So, something along the lines of 40 mg for 3-5 days, then 30 mg for 3-5 days, then 20 mg for 3-5 days, then 10 mg for 3-5 days then you'll stop.
 
It seems that it varies so much by dr & patient. I have had short bursts, long bursts, slow tapers, quick tapers. What seems to work best for me is starting at 40 or 60 mg & then tapering 5 mg every other day or so. The shorter (5 days or so) don't seem to give it time to get out of me. But it really depenRAB on how severe your symptoms are when you start the burst too.
 
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