Question: My pulminologist put me on prednisone temporarily: 2, 10 mg tablets for 4 days then 1 per day for 12 days ( a 20 pill perscriptiopn for a total of 16 days.). (There was no withdrawal scheduled perscribed.) He did this "cause almost all usual COPD medications do not work with me - it appears only steroids give relief (Budesonide was tried with a nebulizer and gave only moderate relief.) and with the prednisone I felt like my old self: absolutly no problem with shortness of breath. I was one of his perplexing patients and the Dr. is well respected in the community and by his peers. I could give a list of what he has tried so far but that doesn't relate directly to my question and I think the prednisone was to buy time to figure me out. At my last visit with him he questioned his original diagnosiss of COPD and offered my condition may be asthma and prescribed Singulair and Asmanex.
My question is about my own actions - not his. I felt so good with the predfnisone and had some upcoming events I wished to be at the top of my game. I had some prednisone left over from a previous episode and extended his 16 day prescription time to 25 days without his OK and then (this AM) switched over to Singulair and Asmanax without any withdrawal schedule. I just stopped it and went to the new drugs. Probably not smart of me but have I created any danger to myself without the withdrawal schedule and going immediately to the new drugs? My pharmacist says the worst that could happen with a sudden withdrawal would be extreme fatique which I have not experienced.