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Mg (#1 20 mg tablet) Day 4 – Prednisone 10 mg (half of a 20 mg tablet) Day 5 – Prednisone 5 mg (1/4 of a 20 mg tablet) Day 6 – Stop (Prednisone 0 mg) This 5 day prednisone dosage taper listed above is typical but could be changed in many ways. Perhaps your doctor prescribes each dose for a week instead of a day. Or your doctor could use prednisone 10 mg tablets instead of 20 mg tablets. Your doctor could prescribe 40 mg every day for five days and then stop. Or the doctor could start at 20 mg and drop by 5 mg each day. All of these and many more are typical and normal prednisone dosages. Read more about How to Taper Prednisone where you can also download a Free Prednisone Taper Chart. How to Take Prednisone 20 mg Dosage for 5 Days If your doctor prescribed prednisone 20 mg for 5 days, then you should take each tablet first thing in the morning with food once a day. The prednisone 20 mg dosage instructions are typically like this: Day 1 – Prednisone 20 mg tablet (take #1 tablet) Day 2 – Prednisone 20 mg tablet (take #1 tablet) Day 3 – Prednisone 20 mg tablet (take #1 tablet) Day 4 – Prednisone 20 mg tablet (take #1 tablet) Day 5 – Prednisone 20 mg tablet (take #1 tablet) Day 6 – Stop (don’t take any more prednisone) However, your doctor can prescribe many variations of the 5-day prednisone dosage of 20 mg, such as described in the section above starting with 40 mg. Or the doctor could start with 20 mg for two days and by Day 3 it could be 10 mg for two days, and then for the last day just 5 mg. You might be wondering: “Is 20 mg of prednisone a low dose?” No, prednisone 20 mg and above is a high dose. Especially compared to our body’s natural cortisol equivalent of only 2.5 mg secreted per day, 20 mg of prednisone is 8 times more than naturally occurring in our bodies. Watch this video to hear Dr. Megan explain How to Take Prednisone 20 mg for 5 days: How to Take Prednisone 20 mg 3 tablets Daily (Prednisone 60 mg) Your doctor may prescribe a total of 3 tablets per day of prednisone 20 mg, which is 60 mg of prednisone. If so, generally the entire dose, or all 3 tablets of prednisone 20 mg, are swallowed all at once, first thing in the morning. How to take Prednisone 40 mg for 5 days Doctors may prescribe 40mg of prednisone for 5 days for certain inflammatory, acute conditions. Since a 40 mg prednisone tablet is not commercially available in the United States, the doctor usually prescribes prednisone 20 mg tablets and instructs you to take 2 tablets by mouth. This prescription is for prednisone 20 mg #2 tablets daily. Unless instructed otherwise, the instructions for prednisone is to take
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