PREDNISOLONE, QUESTION

scorpio
scorpio Member Posts: 159
edited 6. Oct 2010, 03:09 in Living with Arthritis archive
I have been prescribed this little red steroid again to help me out until the Humira is either prescribed or denied.......now,, here is y question - when prescribed 3,4 or whatever tablets per day, do you take them all at one, or intermittantly throughout the day?

previously, i took the tablets at intervals (1 at a time), but the Pharmacist insisted that the 3 tablets that i have been prescribed should be took all at once every morning

any ideas

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I take mine all together in the morning. This mimics the body's own natural production. The pharmacist is right. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • joon51
    joon51 Member Posts: 221
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Take all mine together as well in the morning after breakfast, that is what I was told. Junexx
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Scorpio

    Sounds like you must trust the pharmacist and peeps here who have answered your question and take them in one go. :)

    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Scorpio

    In line with what the others have said, I was told last week that I should take them all at once in the morning. I had been taking them at night and I have split the dose in the past too. Probably best to stick with what the pharmacist has advised and see how you get on.

    Good luck!

    Love TIlly x
  • salamander
    salamander Member Posts: 1,906
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    don't ever take them late in the day - you won't sleep!
  • c4thyg
    c4thyg Member Posts: 542
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Again, in one dose with breakfast. DO NOT take them at night or you'll never sleep!

    Good luck with the humira decision. xx
  • scorpio
    scorpio Member Posts: 159
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    CHEERS EVERYONE

    my last course i tok in intervals with the last being at night........can't say i noticed any sleep problems though - LOL

    thanks again
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You took a very small dose throughout the day, so it probably didn't affect anything! I hope they work this time. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • bailey27
    bailey27 Member Posts: 689
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi
    I too take mine in the mornings all together. If i take it any time after lunch I am buzzing all night and cant sleep.
  • scorpio
    scorpio Member Posts: 159
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    You took a very small dose throughout the day, so it probably didn't affect anything! I hope they work this time. DD

    TBH they are not working this time, when i took them periodically throughout the day they worked perfectly - no pain, no problems; this time i am still getting terrible paing in the thumbs and forefingers

    heyho, such is life

    :lol:
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    The major problem about these drugs is that not only do they not always work (despite having 'worked' before) they do affect people differently. In the past injected steroids have had little effect on anything for me, but the continual drip, drip, drip of a daily oral dose does help me cope. They don't affect the arthritis, they don't affect the pain levels, but they do affect my attitude to it all and my ability to cope. I think yours might be doing just that, judging by the tone of your teaching thread! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben

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