Blue Steroid Cards

steroid card

If you’ve been put on steroids in the form of Prednisolone tablets, you should have been given one of these blue steroid cards to carry. This is because if you’ve been on steroids for 3 weeks or more it’s dangerous to suddenly stop taking them. These blue steroid treatment warning cards can be got from your prescriber or your dispensing chemist.

The adrenal glands which produce your body’s own steroids shuts down when taking a dose of 5mg or more of Prednisolone and they need time to gradually start working again. This means that when stopping a course of steroids after taking them for a long time, you will reduce the dose slowly over a period of months.

If you are currently taking corticosteroids, or have taken them in the last year, it’s also important to tell everyone involved in prescribing you medicines and giving you medical treatment. This includes your doctor, dentist, nurse and pharmacist. You must make sure that they all know about your corticosteroid treatment.

It’s also important (when on taking steroids) to keep away from people who have chicken pox or shingles, if you have never had these illnesses, they could make you very ill. If you do come into contact with someone who has them tell your doctor or nurse straight away. 

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