slowrambler's Prednisone History : PatientsLikeMe

slowrambler: Sex: M; Data Quality: 2 stars; MS: 36 yrs; Type: Secondary Progressive; Sensation: Severe; Overall: Mild; Cognition: none; Vision: none; Speech: none; Swallowing: none; Upper limb: none; Walking: severe

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slowrambler's Prednisone History (Ongoing)
As needed Jun 28, 2007 - Last Update

Evaluations
Date	Dosage	Other Efficacy	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 09, 2009	As needed
Sep 07, 2008	As needed

Date: Feb 09, 2009
Advice & Tips: Use only what you need to bring you down from the massive steroid amount received from your infusion. I've found that the quicker I can rid myself of all of the steroids, including the oral taper, the quicker I am on to recovery from the exacerbation.
Cost: $50-99 monthly

Date: Sep 07, 2008
Advice & Tips: I feel that this medication is good to have available when tapering off of steroids following a regimen of IV solu-medrol. However I find personally that the sooner I can COMPLETELY rid myself of all steroids, the quicker I recover, & the better off I am overall. I like to have the oral Prednisone taper available following infusion as a "safety net" if I need it. Most often I use it for 2 to 3 days. Then I discontinue using it when I feel that my body's no longer craving the high dose of steroid that solu-medrol provides. I have no doubt that using an oral Prednisone taper is highly subjective & individually exclusive in terms of effectiveness to each patient.
Cost: < $25 monthly