I am being"weaned" off prednisone. I have taken prednisone for 6 months due to severe, debilitating pain due to Polymyalgia Rhuematica and Osteomalasia. After the first six days I was relatively pain free and euphoric. Side efects included insomnia, increased heart rate, bloating, facial and neck swelling, blurred vision, profuse sweating. My Dr. recommended remaining on prednisone 15mg. per day. I was then hospitalized with severe chest pain and breathing difficulty due to a drop in potassium levels. My cardiologist is having my Rhuematologist reduce my prednisone dosage as quickly as was deemed safe. I am now taking 3mg per day and next week will go to 1 mg every day for a week and then 1mg every other day for a week and then stop. My question is regarding the small hives and intense itching that I am experiencing in the past 24 hours. The itching pattern seems to follow the nerve patterns in bands that are first left side and then right side of my body and are in "areas", such as my head for 30 minutes or so, then my hands and wrists, then my back,etc. Is this the OK?
