Weaning off prednisone

Our vet wants to wean Ali totally off of prednisone.

Ali has feline auto immune disease and ha been I'm remission for several months now and we have been able to wean her down to 10 msg and I do not want to wean her down anymore.

Does anyone here have their kitties in low dose of steroid for a long period of time?

She is doing well on the 10 mgs.

My has been on prednisolone for almost 4 years now but a much lower dose, 2 1/2 mg daily.  He was on 5 mg a day for about a year.  Prednisolone is more bio available than prednisone which may be why a lower dose can be used.  The liver actually converts prednisone into prednisolone.

The main possible side effect of long term use is the development of diabetes.  When taken long term the steroid should be at the lowest dose that will control symptoms.

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We are going down rom 10 msg to 7 starting today.

She is doing good and Dr wants to get her down as fas as we can go.

that it goes well for her!  

Today is day 12 for Ali weaned down to 7 msg of prednisone and so far so good.

Vet wants her weaned off and we are going slow.

Next dose to wean to will be 5 mgs.

So far so good.