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Old 12-30-2011, 07:51 PM
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Hi, Francisco. These guys already answered your question. I wanted to add a caution about Prednisone withdrawal. How long have you been on it? If you've been on it for awhile, it can be difficult to even go down on the dose, let alone get off of it.

What Pred does is to basically do the work of the adrenal glands. They might "go to sleep" while on Pred. Why would they need to work when Pred is doing their job for them?! So when you go down on the dose amount or try to go off of it, your body might have symptoms of an "adrenal crisis." That could be anything from sweating to extreme fatigue to muscle aches to lots of other things. So make sure that you do a slow taper and talk to your doctor about it, okay?

Good luck with getting the right combo of drugs for you.

Annie
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