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Superirish25 CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 13	Prednisone 20 MG Jan 17^th, 2015 at 9:56pm Ok I am a 20 year sufferer of cluster headaches and last cycle in May 2014 I took Prednisone towards the middle to end of cycle and after 7 days exactly (2 pills per day) the cycle ended. Now a new cycle is back and I am starting prednisone today and I am really hoping it works again. Does anyone have success with this?
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BobG CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 6422 St. George, UT Gender:	Re: Prednisone 20 MG Reply #1 - Jan 18^th, 2015 at 10:04am Yes, lots of us have used prednisone with success. It is usually used only for a short period, about a week. Verapamil, lithium, Topamax or some other med is started at the same time as the prednisone and continued after the prednisone is stopped.
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Bob Johnson CH.com Alumnus Offline "Only the educated are free." -Epictetus Posts: 5965 Kennett Square, PA (USA) Gender:	Re: Prednisone 20 MG Reply #2 - Jan 18^th, 2015 at 10:10am To be clear: Pred is used for abou 10-days to quickly stop attacks BUT at the same time, we start using a long acting preventive, such as Verapamil, to prevent future attacks. Using Pred as the only abortive is not good becasuse of its side effects. But folks can use Verapamil for years with few side effects.
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Superirish25 CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 13	Re: Prednisone 20 MG Reply #3 - Jan 18^th, 2015 at 3:46pm curious is one of the side effects, less or painful urination??? little nervous today but have only taken 3 doses so far.
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Bob Johnson CH.com Alumnus Offline "Only the educated are free." -Epictetus Posts: 5965 Kennett Square, PA (USA) Gender:	Re: Prednisone 20 MG Reply #4 - Jan 18^th, 2015 at 8:13pm The list of side effects are possibilities, not a statement of what will occur.
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Superirish25 CH.com Newbie Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 13	Re: Prednisone 20 MG Reply #5 - Jan 18^th, 2015 at 8:41pm I am taking 40 MG of prednisone a day (2 pills of 20 MG) for 7 days and thats it. No refillls. Hoping cycle will be gone in the 7 days.
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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: Prednisone 20 MG Reply #6 - Jan 18^th, 2015 at 9:05pm Like others have said, its only used for 7-10 days until a preventative kicks in like Verapamil. Hoppy.
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Re: Prednisone 20 MG
Reply #7 - Jan 19^th, 2015 at 2:00am

Superirish25 wrote on Jan 18^th, 2015 at 8:41pm:

I am taking 40 MG of prednisone a day (2 pills of 20 MG) for 7 days and thats it. No refillls. Hoping cycle will be gone in the 7 days.

For CH we normally use what is called a taper dose that starts high for a few days, then tapers off to nothing over about a week. This is done normally as you start a longer term preventive, like verapamil, to provide a short term preventive whilst the other one builds up.

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