Yesterday the allergist prescribed Prednisone for me and also different emergency inhaler. The Prednisone is supposed to be for severe allergies, asthma as well as other things. I am supposed to still use the daily inhaler she gave me last week - the Prednisone is just supposed to calm the asthma/allergies to a manageable level. I have to take it for 5 days, lowering the dose each day. Yesterday I took 5, today 4, tomorrow 3 and so on.I noticed immediate results after yesterday's dose because my chest was tight from the asthma all day and then it went away. Hard to gauge today's dose until I walk up stairs or something.
I'm going for a follow-up visit tomorrow. Hopefully everything will be resolved by the end of the week. .
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Prednisone is a steroid. You won't be able to be on that for long. They used to give that to Nostromo when he was having a severe allergic reaction to his own blood.
Glad you're feeling better -- I do hope losing 2/3 of your feline companions helps you long-term.
Well I am only on it for 5 days - the side effects for being on it a long time seem crazy.
They are so hard to swallow - they don't have any coating on them. So when they're in your mouth they have a bitter, bitter taste and tend to stick to your tongue when you're trying to swollow them! Yuck!
We'll see what the doctor has to say about everything at my appt tomorrow.
I hope they find the right medication for you and figure this all out. Glad that you are feeling better now.
Yeah - I hope we can figure this out. The prednisone is helping but just this morning when I went running for the bus I was weezing afterwards. And I had only run about a block. I still have 3 more doses of the prednisone so hopefully it clears that up.
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