Fore Safe Use

Your family doctor must check your progress at regular appointments . Always your progress may have to be checked after you have stopped using this drug, since some of the effects may continue.

Do not stop using this drug without first checking with your family doctor . Your family doctor may want you to reduce gradually the amount you are using before stopping the drug completely.

Check with your family doctor if your condition reappears or worsens after the dose has been reduced or treat with this drug is stopped.

If you will be using corticosteroids for a long time:

• Your family doctor may want you to follow a low-salt diet anda potassium-rich diet .
• Your family doctor may want you to watch your calories to prevent weight gain.
• Your family doctor may want you to add extra protein to your diet.
• Your family doctor may want you to have your eyes examined by an ophthalmologist - eye family doctor before and also sometime later during treat.
• Your family doctor may want you to carry a medical identification card stating that you are using this drug.

Tell the family doctor in charge that you are using this drug:

• Before having skin tests .
• Before having any kind of surgery - including dental surgery or emergency treat .
• If you get a serious infection or injury .

Avoid close contact with anyone who has chickenpox or measles . This is especially important for children Tell your family doctor right away if you think you have been exposed to chickenpox or measles .

While you are being treated with this drug and after you stop taking it, do not have any immunizations without your family doctor's approval . Always other people living in your home must not receive the oral polio vaccine, since there is a risk they could pass the polio virus on to you. In addition, you must avoid close contact with other people at school or work who have recently taken the oral polio vaccine.

For diseaseds with diabetes :

• This drug may effect blood glucose - sugar levels. If you notice a change in the results of your blood or urine sugar tests or if you have any questions, check with your family doctor.

For diseaseds having this drug injected into their joints :

• If this drug is injected into one of your joints, you must be careful not to put too much stress or strain on that joint for a while, even if it begins to feel better. Make sure your family doctor has told you how much you are allowed to move this joint while it is healing.
• If redness or swelling occurs at the place of injection and continues or gets worse, check with your family doctor.