Reducing prednisolone in sarcoidosis. Steroid-sparing medication

Answering a question about reducing corticosteroid treatment (prednisolone) in sarcoidosis. Reductions in the dose need to be done gradually, as the body no longer produces its own steroids after a lengthy treatment. By gradually reducing the dose, we give the body a chance to resume it's own physiological steroid production. In some cases the reduction needs to be very slow.
Steroid-sparing medication also has a good effect in sarcoidosis, but it has a different side effect profile. In many cases it can be safer long-term, but this depends on a case-by-case basis.
I would highly recommend a careful discussion with your doctor about the right strategy in your case, as everyone is different. In the cases of long-term immunosuppressive medication, there is always a balancing act between controlling sarcoidosis and minimizing side effects.
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[@kennethstone1033]

I'm on prednisone for my pulmonary sarcoidosis in the right upper lobe. I have been on it for 4 years . Great video

[@saurabhsingh-wx5ee]

i am on steroids (6mg\day) from 4 years in sarcoidosis, simultaneously on methotrexate 7.5 mg
my doctor stopped steroid once last year and my symptoms came back, now also as my steroids stopped and my breathlessness again started.
please suggest me