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Originally Posted by mrsD
When I had my terrible toxic spider bite, many years ago upNorth on vacation, I did a pred taper that was similar. Only I started at 40mg (I thought 60 was too much), and I extended the taper to include 2.5mg after the 5mg for 3 days. That was the first steroid I used. The return of my arthritis pain after that taper was a shock and considerable.
Last summer I just took 10mg a day for 2 weeks and tapered off to 5 then 2.5 over the next two weeks. That worked very well. The shock of the taper was much less. This was for my back flare.
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When you say too much, what kinds of symptoms? My doc just prescribed me 80mg for 3 days, then 60, 40, 20 for 2 days, 10 for 2 days. So 12 days total.
Not sure if I will follow orders and start with 80. Seems to be a really high dosage. And I don't understand why some people experience joint/muscle pain will on it since it's supposed to be anti-inflammatory.
BTW, did you guys split up your doses throughout the day or all at once?