Anyone know what mg’s prednisolone pills come in?

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I have recently started Poppy on 2 x 1mg, rather than .5 x 5mg - as far as I know there is nothing in between. As close as I can measure the 1mg tablets are 5mm in diameter, the 5mg are 6.5mm/7mm. Hope that helps!
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Trying to reduce - my vet suggested "tickling it down" from half a 5mg tablet to 2 x 1mg, with a view to reducing it further in a few weeks. Poppy is delighted - two lumps of chicken instead of just one! Shape and size really are not a problem for her - she is a greedy dog rather than a fastidious cat, and provided a tablet is swathed in chicken she can't wait for the next dose. The 1mg are considerably more expensive, though - they come foil packed rather than loose, and are at least double the price of the 5mg pills. More than worth it to get the dosage right, of course.
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There is very little difference in size between the 1mg and 5mg, and it would probably be even more difficult to get 5 tablets into her than 1. Loving food so much does make Poppy's life (and mine) much, much easier - she is on three different medications, at least once a day. Last week there were two daily doses of metronidazole as well... The downside is that she is constantly hunting for food and no matter how careful I am sometimes finds things she should not be eating - hence the metronidazole.
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Have you tried Pill Pockets or Easy Pill?

A delicious paste made for hiding pills in.
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Fingers crossed, I tried liquid renatadine thinking it would be easier but it wasn't
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