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I have been prescribed prednisone 20mg. And am directed to take 2 tablets daily for 5 days. I am male and weigh 158lbs. Do I take 1 tablet every 12 hours or do I take the 2 tablets together each day as one?

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When it say take 2 tablets by mouth daily for 5 day it mean I can take 2 tables together?

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The term twice a day does mean, as it says, two times a day, however, that's not what the poster said. They said they were told to take two tablets daily, and in fact, two tablets once a day is the standard dose for a 5 day course of prednisone. Please don't post a reply if you don't read the original post carefully as some people actually take advice from places like this.

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It means: If it states; Take 2tabs daily for 5 days. You take 2tabs at one time a day for 5days.... If it states: Take 2 tabs twice a day (bid)for 5 days that's a total of four pills for that day.

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No one ever answered your question. Did you ever get an answer?

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Can anyone suggest me an exercise to make my hip muscle strong? I am suffering from "Inward Knee Collapse". I learned that i need to strengthen my hip muscles.

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You can them together or separate them.

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Re: Janu (# 3) Expand Referenced Message

Whenever a prescription states "Take 2 tablets daily", this means you take them at the SAME time!
If a prescription says "Take one pill twice a day." THIS means you SPLIT the 2-pill a day dose....normally every 12 hours for as long as prescribed.

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I have been taking prednisone for about 5 days now and my stomach is not feeling well today. I have a heartbeat of 106. Is that bad? What should I do to bring it back to a normal range?

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Re: Ray (# 16) Expand Referenced Message

You might ask a pharmacist. It may depend on what type of arthritis you have. Generally most forms of arthritis have more effective long term medications available. I think it IS somewhat unusual to take prednisone daily for that long.

I'm not a doctor though so, like I said, check with a pharmacist or call a nurse hotline.

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what happens if you were to take 2 instead of one at a time?

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I missed the last two days of my five day prednisone pack for my itching and now I have had a headache for three days. Please advise.

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I've been taking 20mgs of Prednisone daily and after 1 week I am now getting terrible migraines. I have tried acetaminophen but it offers no relief.

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Hi, I am prescribed prednisone 20 mg twice a day for 5 days, Could It give me side effects, such a swollen face if I am only taking the medication for 5 days?? my diagnosis is Wrist Synovitis
Thank you

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I am on 20mg twice per day. The pharmacist said to take one in the morning and the other at lunch. If you wait too late it will interrupt your sleep. Call your pharmacist for clarity.

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I have been prescribed prednisone (various dosages) for arthritis for eight months. It seems to work somewhat, but how long can I take this drug? I cannot get a straight answer from my physician.

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I was prescribed prednisone 10mg (3 tablets by mouth once a day). I have high blood pressure anyway and now I feel worse. I have taken it 4/5 days prescribed. Can I just stop the prednisone?

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Re: Heather (# 17) Expand Referenced Message

A doctor would probably advise you to titrate (take 2 pills today and then the last tomorrow). However, having been prescribed prednisone several times myself, I have simply quit taking it after only 3/5 days and at times not even taken the full dosage. Most of the time my doctor doesn't even have me titrate. He just has me take 5 a day for 5 days and that's it.

That being said I think you will be just fine not taking the remainder. That is just my opinion based on my experience and what I have done. I am not a doctor.

I usually like to keep a couple in reserve as well as I take them for gout attacks. Usually if I feel an attack coming on taking 2-3 10mg prednisone will be enough to prevent/reduce the initial onset of painful inflammation. At that point I can just take an NSAID like ibuprofen to fend off the remainder of the attack.

Prednisone is a powerful steroidal anti-inflammatory and is good to have on hand IMO as long as you don't over do it. A little goes a long way, at least for me and my gout attacks.

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I have been on injections of steroids and prednisone for over 3 yrs for my lungs. I'm now down to 10mg for the past 6 months but feel more emotional, nervous, short-tempered, depressed and not myself. I felt better on the higher dose. My adrenal glands don't work. Can 10mg make you feel this bad? My blood pressure is high with taking 12 pills daily. I feel so miserable and have to take naps because I can't stay awake. Not me. Any answer? My Endocrinologist said he can't help right now but I forgot to tell him how I feel emotionally. I'm 63 and had to have steroid induced cataract surgery in both eyes and now can't see because its all been blurry since November. Thanks and God bless.

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After taking prednisone as per my MD's request, I observed that I retain lot of fluids, most particularly on my stomach and I feel very heavy while walking. How do I get rid of fluid retention after taking prednisone?

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Re: Jackie (# 20) Expand Referenced Message

Does anyone else have any of these problems on my post earlier ? I get very sleepy no energy edgy face and neck cushioning stomach huge. I'm miserable.stated tapering many times before then get symptoms the more I taper the worse I feel.

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