@A myRAteam Member I'm praying Enbrel gives me some relief! I haven't started them yet. The injections are over 300$ per week, my insurance pays 80% and then my doctor gave me a Enbrel card which brings my copay down to 10$ a week. I couldn't imagine doing this without insurance!

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My doctor said that I would be on it for life. She tried backing me down to 5mg and ended up with a bad flare up. I take Enbrel and Leflunomide along with prednisone. I’m currently on 7.5mg prednisone

I have been on 10mg of Prednisone daily for over 22 years. Each time a Dr would lower my dosage to get me off Prednisone, I would end up in the hospital. It was too much, too soon. So... I took matter's into my own hands and very gradually lowered the dosage by 1/4mg on the 1st of each month. This way I am tricking my body into not noticing the lowered dose. I am happy to say that I am now down to 6mg daily with no relapse. I get my prescription of Prednisone in 1mg tablets instead of the 5mg so I can break them into quarters when needed. I take 3mg at breakfast and 3mg at dinner. (I never take my daily dose of prednisone once a day. I always split it up).

I had been on 10 mg of prednisone then decreased by 1 mg every month till I was off after ten months . also on methotrexate. Two months after finishing prednisone ,I had a really bad flareup. I'm back on 4 mg for one month then decreasing to 2 .she wants to keep me on this small dosage. She says some people need a little something in their body at all times .

I've been taking: prednisone a long time (30to40mgdaily)&:it has damaged my body per an RADoctor
Hair loss,rice skin
for those who don't know what rice skin is,its skin so thin that when my arms rub something they bleed
I have hundreds of scars on my arms I look like a freak {for lack of a better word)
I cannot function without this medication, if you can do without it please do
Research the pro's and con's of this drug.please excuse the writing of my text,keyboard messed up