What is your opinion of steroids for COPD? Would it be ok for my mother (69 years old) to take a low dose of steroid every day or every other day instead of the high dosage and then weaning down to taking none? She has been diagnosed with COPD and has ended up in the hospital several times lately. She feels great on the steroids but once she is weaned off it is only days before she cannot breath again and she can t walk 10 feet without having to sit down. She cannot take a lot of inhalers do to the ipotropium bromide in them. Something about that makes her way shorter of breath. Our only hope now is if she can do a low dose of steroids like every other day or something. Thank you