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Long term prednisone use is defined as anything more than 3 - 4 weeks, anywhere I've read about it. Short term use can be reduced and discontinued quickly and doesn't require a slow reduction taper. Anyone taking it for PMR is using it long term with the risks that come with long term use.

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DadCue | @dadcue | Nov 7 6:58pm

"Anyone taking it for PMR is using it long term with the risks that come with long term use."
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That is where the problem lies. It is why I try to advocate for alternatives to prednisone. Accepting that Prednisone is the "only option" for PMR wasn't possible for me. The following link was where I was about 6 years ago. It isn't about what I wrote. Rather it was the response that I got.
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=16&m=4073463
I survived while I took Prednisone for a long time. I'm not sure when I knew that something needed to change but it was after a few years. The person who responded to me wasn't as lucky as I was. She didn't have PMR but everything she wrote was pertinent to me.

I do believe we need to transition to something else instead of Prednisone sooner rather than later.

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