Re: Prednisone During Pregnacy?

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Anyway I start with 6 5mg tablets and taper it starting the next day, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. I started having to take this at 17 1/2 weeks. In the beginning I was able to be off it for about two weeks and then start but by 27 weeks I would end one taper dosage and have to start two days later.

I've been seeing the head perinatologist at Beth Israel in Boston and she told me that prednisone is perfectly o.k. to take during pregnancy, that is DOES NOT cross the placenta. THe only concern is that if taken constantly it can elevate your blood sugars.

In addition to the glucola at 23 1/2 weeks [I took it earlier because I'd been on prednisone so constantly] I also took a two hour post-prandial at 32 weeks. Both were o.k. although the second test was higher, my first had been quite low.

The other thing that I will need to have are "stess steroids" during labor because my body may not be able to mfg. enough.

I was very worried about taking it but the alternative was sinus surgery while pregnant....which my ob did not consider an alternative unless the prednisone stopped working which it hasn't.

Good Luck, Ann-Marie

At Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Amy wrote: >
>At Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Karen wrote:
>>
>>Has anyone taken Prednisone throughout their pregnacy? If so, was there
>>any negative side effects to your baby? Please include the dosage you
>>were taking. Thank you!
>I take prednisone (20mg/day) to control an autoimmune disease. Both my
>MFM (maternal fetal medicine) docotors and my rheumatologist have
>assured me there is no risk to the baby. However, the dosage of
>prednisone has caused some problems for me: my potassium became
>incrediby out of wack (extremely and dangerously low) and I developed
>gestational diabetes, both attributable in part to the prednisone. My
>gestational diabetes is much harder to control because of the prednisone
>and I now have to take insulin.

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