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STOP! Don't do this if you have osteoporosis
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OMG, I know exactly what he is going through. I have been on prednisone and it drove me crazy, I could not stay on it, and my doc saw how it was affecting me and took me off of it. Yes, steroids are so bad for us, and I have taken plenty of those injections and try to avoid them if I can. Sometimes they are just not avoidable. I wish you both well.
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Taking my husband off the prednisone unfortunately is not an option at the moment. However, we are doing a taper and he's down from 80 mg per day to 17.5. We will continue to taper until he can go off of it, as long as he doesn't have a relapse. He's taking Actemra which is a weekly injection the FDA approved for GCA and it helps with the tapering of prednisone. It comes with its own side-effects but sometimes you have to weigh the risks vs benefits. I wish you well too.