prednisolone
 

i was wondering will preds prevent mg from getting worse or stop it my neuro said it will go away when i first went on them things did inprove my max was 6 at 5mg every other day then to 12 which will make it 60mg
only tho i'm getting some problems the other day i had breathing diferculties
then later for the first time i was unable to talk it did get better after a rest
but i am much more stronger

Hi Alan,
Normally Pred is one of the best available medication against MG, it's effective and rather fast acting.
The usual maximum dosage is 1 mg/kg of weight/day. But due to the negative side effects associated with it, Pred is after a while tapered down to the minimum where symptoms reoccur.
You have thus to take something else to counteract the antibodies: immunodrepressors (Cellcept, Imuran,…) which are slow in action but which can relay Pred later on.
Take care,
Maurice.

hi maurice
thanks i did'nt know what was going to be the next step for me
and knowing does help i know some mention cellcept and Imuran
the steriods have made a big diference but it seems that mg catches up after a while
alan