Prednisone for just a week.

[Kasper87211]

Current Meds. Pentasa, Flagyl (750mg daily) and Entocort.

When i sense a flare i sometimes do a week or 6 days of prednisone so i dont have to taper. My doctor tell me .5mg/Kg.

Im pretty Light weight so i figured 30mg would help.

Is it safe to take a 7 day coarse of prednisone at 25-30mg for 7 days.
Or do a regimen as such. 30mg-30mg 25mg 25mg 20mg 10mg 5mg

thanks

[ggreg]

You can try going to drugs.com or rxlist.com and look up Prednisone.  I have a pill book, but can't find it right now.  But from memory, Prednisone, as you know, can do stuff to the kidneys if the dose isn't tapered right, so you shouldn't just haul off and stop it like you have been.  With that said, sometimes it's given every other day, so you can go a day without and it won't harm you, therefore while it's important to taper, it's not particularly strict.    

So, in general, I like your tapering plan, BUT what you can do is take 30mg for longer, like four or five days, to get the best benefit from the drug that you need, and THEN taper it somehow.  In other words, instead of 7 days, do a total of 10 days, and taper for three of those days, perhaps.  Also, the recommended amount you take, be it 30 or 50 or whatever, it varies from book to book.  But look at the online suggested dose per weight and warnings about how to go off it, just to get a better handle on the whole thing, until you can talk to the doc again.