http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136 I am recently out of the hosp after 9 days with COPD exas, pneumonia, flu. I have been on heavy antibiotics, steroids--home now for 1st time with oxygen---I feel GREAT.First time in years I feel like I have a life to live. Like a veil has been lifted. I' Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:41:32 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16167 Hi my friend, I'm, gald your out of the hospital, I hate that place. The steroids always give me a VERY euphoric feeling for the first couple of weeks. I just want to give you a heads up on the crash. For me anyway all the feeling turns to fatigue and http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16167 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:42:35 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16168 Sorry I meant glad, essshhh Prednisone haze! http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16168 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:51:14 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16201 Thanks for your response--I was hoping it was the oxygen...How does one know when is the shortest time for the prednesone? They are tapering me off now--4th day of 20m out of 8---I think I was at 60 then 40 --If they do IV's I might have got IV steroid in http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16201 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:05:38 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16221 I'm sure the oxygen helps. One never knows how short or long the path to get off Prednisone is. I have gotton off quickly and suffered greatly! I have endured the long wean and was much more successful in the pain and side effect department. The problems f http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16221 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:28:26 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16314 Ok. I have been on this med for 3 yrs. Worst case of adult asthma the docs have seen. I have been in the hospital and put on 500 mg steroids in my IV for 4 days and then tapered to 60mg. I am on 25mg and can not get down, cause I got a virus and it activat http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16314 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:46:21 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16348 You will feel great on a high dose - and then reality sets in when they start to decrease it. Unfortunately it is the only drug that will treat the condition I have, so I have to live with it. I tell people "on 60mg I felt like I could lick the world and http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16348 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:53:46 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16356 Thanks momof11kids (OMG) bless you and mormor for your response. Tomorrow I will go down to 10m from 20 for last 10 days--hope it's not bad. Momof11--have you had allergy testing? My friend had a bad spell like that a couple years ago--she even had to b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16356 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:01:29 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16360 Thanks for asking. Yes i have had allergy tests and the only thing is air pollition. The problem is the humidity and the dare dirty air . I need to leave Mich. and go where the air is clean and humidity is low. Dr orders but we do not have the bank acc lik http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16360 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:04:47 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16361 Gosh you would think will 11 kids my spelling would be better. I meant darn dirty air, not dare dirty air. And he wants me to try different states-not different state. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38136?item=16361