I need a plan B...

[Kat]

My dog is on prednisone (yes I know totally unrelated!) and will be the rest of her life. One thing that was explained to me that I didn't know (or if I did, I had forgotten) is that your body naturally produces steroids and when you begin to supplement then what happens is your body relies on the supplement and can start to produce less. That is why it is important on a higher dose to reduce gradually so that your body will begin to make more on it's own and you don't just stop cold turkey and expect your body to do an immediate adjustment.

So that makes me wonder if doing only applications at times of certain ointments (as opposed to oral supplement) what I'm doing to myself. Part of me says that it would be so minor that it wouldn't matter and the dose so low it also wouldn't matter and then I think of how complicated the human body actually is and wonder if that is true or not.

I know that I have become leery of corticosteroids the more I learn. Still not saying I won't use them but I am not as willing to just slap some on or take orally as I used to be. Personally I know I would use them if the doctor recommended and I felt it was a way to get relief, but I think of it more as a short term thing (not sure if that is the right way to look at it or not)

Thank you for sharing as this is something that I find great interest in.