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I was prescribed 15 mg of prednisone for polymyalgia i want to taper down i have no pain but keep getting high blood sugar. and infections. also broken arm not healing. she lowered it by .25 mg for a month. i don't want to be on prednisone bad effe?

Q: i was prescribed 15 mg of prednisone for polymyalgia i want to taper down i have no pain but keep getting high blood sugar. and infections. also broken arm not healing. she lowered it by .25 mg for a month. i don't want to be on prednisone bad effe?

: 0.25 is not much of a lowering. Discuss with your team there.

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

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0.25 is not much of a lowering. Discuss with your team there.

Answered 11/12/2022

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A member asked:

I was prescribed 15 mg of prednisone for polymyalgia i want to taper down i have no pain but keep getting high blood sugar. and infections. also broken arm not healing. she lowered it by .25 mg for a month. i don't want to be on prednisone bad effe?

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