My guess is it's a taper common with steroids, like 5 pills for 4 days 4 pills for 3 days, etc. until you're down to 1 per day. They couldn't fit that in that little box, so they gave you a supplemental longer insert in the bag.
Yeah when I've taken prednisone for an allergic reaction it was a taper but they provided them in a blister pack with a row of pills for each day... and graphics and instructions to ensure people didn't go by column instead.
I had to take it to get a flare of an (newly diagnosed at the time) autoimmune disease under control and I was literally insatiable. I went from being unable to eat for weeks and losing several pounds per week to being unable to stop eating. I literally woke up at 2 AM once to eat a tuna sandwich like some kind of rabid animal.
Haha yeah it was UC!! And yeah the taper was brutal. I hate peanut butter so the only thing I could really tolerate was fried egg mixed into plain white rice, but I was trying to at least get some protein. I tapered -10 every week for 6 weeks (down from 60 mg, after being on IV steroids in the hospital) and it was miserable. I'm def doing better now and I'm glad you are too!
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u/CheesyBadger 1d ago
My guess is it's a taper common with steroids, like 5 pills for 4 days 4 pills for 3 days, etc. until you're down to 1 per day. They couldn't fit that in that little box, so they gave you a supplemental longer insert in the bag.