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One of the cock-a-chons I adopted last year has addisons. She has had it for about 5 years now. I was a bit apprehensive at first but it has really been a non-issue. I think consistency and routine contribute greatly to her good health. When I got her she was taking !mg of prednisone daily and 1.0 ml of Percortin-V injected once a month. I have been able to reduce the pred to 1mg every 3rd day and will begin reducing the Percortin to .80 a month starting in Sept. I want to get her down to the minimum amount of meds required to maintain her health. Before I got her she had no real schedule for meals exercise and her meds were not administered on a consistant schedule. Before coming here she had had 4 additional crisis's besides the initial one when she was diagnosed. Since she came to live with the old retired person who is pretty much here 24/7 and has her on a routine, she has been the picture of health. Once you get the diagnosis and get the meds all fine tuned , it's pretty much life as normal.