I would like to know if anyone has any information on whether coffee is harmful while taking prednisone? I would like to have just one cup of coffee in the morning, but I stopped drinking coffee when i started the prednisone. Any comments, articles or anecdotal experiences would be appreciated. Thank you.
I can only tell you that my doc didn't say anything about coffee.
Like you, I like that one cup in the a.m. and don't have any
bad affects so assume it's okay.
Hi padada, I drink 2 cups of coffee daily and I'm ok. Regards, tina
My rheumy said it was fine to drink coffee. I have heard people say it can increase glucose levels though and it is a good idea to not drink it around the 7.5mg pred mark when the adrenal glands are waking up. That said I have had two cups today! I love coffee.
If we stopped eating and drinking all the things we like we'd have a boring, if healthier, life. Everything in moderation!
Regards fr C.🍟🍕🍷
Interesting to read others experiences. My Rheumy said 1 cup ok.
but I'm reactive hypoglycemic, so it can mess with my blood sugar.
Also, on Pred. I feel more easily to get anxiety. So sometimes, coffee or fruit makes me feel a bit anxious...darn it!
Im usually a morning person but now am SO tired in mornings, so I just have 2-4 oz. of STRONG French Roast! Sometimes I feel anxious. I assume my cortisol is messed up. (7 mg)
I avoid stimulants in afternoon, if I have fruit in afternoon, I find myself waking up in middle of night for several hours, 
My Calcium/Vit D tablets (Natecal) say no tea 2 hours before or after taking Natecal tablets so I have been drinking coffee - at least two or three cups so I hope it's ok.
Might read up on cortisol... Now that we are aging, seems I read cortisol important role and coffee might affect it negatively. I hope Eilene might chime in and have some knowledge on this.
Natecal can interact with foods containing oxalic acid (eg tea), phosphate and phytic acid (eg chocolate!!), so you need to give a couple of hours both sides of taking Natecal. Coffee should be fine, which is the good news.
Tea is so much nicer tho - have to give the chocolate biscuits a miss as well, probably just as well in view of the weight gain whilst on pred I suppose.
I took a scunner to tea when first diagnosed with GCA and on 60mg of pred. Coffee was fine, no problem at all.
Eventually when down to about 20mg, tea was OK. I continued with both.
Other folk I know had found their taste buds changed and somethings had no taste and others they just did not want to eat.
We are all so different and what suits one does not always suit another.
Without it, given my fatigue level, I would be asleep all day long!
(5.5 mg alternating with 5)
Paula
I'm in serious trouble - I don't like milk or tea so it's coffee - stronger the better this is my poison. Coffee pot sits on the stove and is drunk all day - black and strong.
Help!!
Hi i have about four cups of coffee in the day and the first one is around 6.30am before i teake pred at 8.00an, never been told not to drink it, in fact my doctor who is very good has never said anything to me regarding diet or drink, all i know i have learned from the ladies on this forum.
I'm not sure what a "scunner" is (although by birth I'm a NE)!
I went off tea at the beginning of PMR and the taste has never returned. I used to say "I'd kill for a cup of tea" (it was by far my favourite drink).
I also didn't want to eat - took off 1 1/2 stone. I've put on about six pounds now, but still well below what I used to weigh.
PMR - will anyone ever understand it?
It hasn't killed you yet, so you're OK. Enjoy!
As most of us have Margaret - through the forum I mean.
Have a great day. C. 💐
PS. Don't forget our gentlemen!
About a year in on preds I developed sort of palpitations. Not bad, but bad enough to scare me abit. I think I was on about 9mgs of preds. I went to the GP and she recommended drinking less tea and coffee as I use to drink pints of both each day. I now drink 1 coffee first thing in the morning and usually 1 more throughout the day and 2 of earl grey tea. All the rest of fluid is water with a splash of lime.
no more palpitations. Regards, tina
Sorry I used a dialect word, I was just no thinking.
Scunner = sudden dislike of the taste of something you have eaten or drunk for years is the nearest I can come to an explanation.
Very interesting, and thank you for the explanation. What is NE in your name? Where is this dialect used?
Paula