Hey everyone,
I'm (hopefully!) finishing a 3 month battle with an obstructive stricture in my TI and I finally made it down to 5mg of pred from 40mg (7.5mg now, starting tomorrow morning). Since I've made it this far, I don't want to rush things but I also want to be done with it so I know for sure if I've "won". I have been tapering 5mg every week until 15, and then 2.5mg every 4-5 days until 5mg.
I understand ~5mg of pred is the physiological equivalent of cortisone so should I be slowing down to 1mg per week or something? I also heard about switching to hydrocortisone 20mg and then tapering off that. What is the point of that?
I hope that once I am done with this I can post the details of my battles to help others as so far I have been staying away from surgery/immunosuppressants!
I'm (hopefully!) finishing a 3 month battle with an obstructive stricture in my TI and I finally made it down to 5mg of pred from 40mg (7.5mg now, starting tomorrow morning). Since I've made it this far, I don't want to rush things but I also want to be done with it so I know for sure if I've "won". I have been tapering 5mg every week until 15, and then 2.5mg every 4-5 days until 5mg.
I understand ~5mg of pred is the physiological equivalent of cortisone so should I be slowing down to 1mg per week or something? I also heard about switching to hydrocortisone 20mg and then tapering off that. What is the point of that?
I hope that once I am done with this I can post the details of my battles to help others as so far I have been staying away from surgery/immunosuppressants!