My husband was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis is Sept of 05'. We have tried Rebif and other drugs, liver unable to handle them.
Alternative treatment is that he gets admited to the hospital for 3 days to get three 1,000mg doses of prednisone IV. Afterwards he is not lower the doesage over time at home with pill form. Usually we get a perscrip for him to follow up with 80mg a day for 7 days then 40mg for 3 days, then 20mg for 3 days, then 10mg for 3 days, then 5mg for 5 days. This past time he was given a perscrip for 200mg(10 pills) once daily for a week, then 100mg(5 pills) for 4 days, then 80mg every other day for 30 days(15 days of pills). I dont understand the big difference and why they would give him so many pills. The perscribing doc was a hospital doc, and when I called his nurologist he said I should change the dose to 200mg, skip a day, 100mg, skip, 50 mg, skip, 35mg, skip, 5mg... What have your dosages been? Any help would be apreciated.
2007-01-10
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Holly M
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