desiree942 Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Need some more of your great input.As I mentioned before I am going ahead a trip to Africa in summer 2007. I met with a very knowledable travel nurse regarding the shots I'll nneed. I wanted to this as far in advance to know what I am up against and also to have time to consult with my doctors (who takes weeks to return a call!) So the only red flag the nurse saw was that they cannot give me a yellow fever vaccine if I am on florinef. She suggested I talk to my dr. about weaning off it to get the shot. She said I'd probably need to be off it about 30 days (though dr. grubb told me it satys in your system about a week). If I cannot get off florinef I'd have to be given a waiver to enter the country based on an immunosuppressive condition (florinef is an immunosuppresive medication).Guess I am weighing the quality of life off florinef (it helps A LOT with keeping me on my feet) vs. risk of going to Africa uprotected.I am trying to do as much research as possible as I have a dr. appt. after the 1st with my POTS specialist. We were already talking about increasing my SSNRI but I don't know if this will offset the loss of florinef. I also know I have the potassium balncing act to deal with....Has any one weened off florinef and how did you do it? How long did it take? As always your input is valued! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetParadise49 Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 I take .2 mg of Florinef, not sure about you, but if I were weaning off it I would do something like this. (below is how I would wean myself off Florinef if I had to)DAY 1- take .2mgDAY 2- .1mgDAY 3- .2mgDAY 4- .1mgand so on for a weekthen DAY 8- .1mgDAY 9- cut the pill in half, and take one halfDAY 10- .1mgDAY 11- take the other half from Day 9use the schedule for a week, when you get to the week of taking the half pill and none, then you would probably just stop.With the help of your doctor, come up with a plan like that (that's how I've been weaned off SSRI's in the past). I've stopped taking Florinef before cold turkey and I crashed real badly so it's important to do it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Hi,I stopped cold turkey after taking it for 2 months. It was making me sick anyway so I was very glad to stop it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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