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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 8 11:23pm | Replies (2096)Comment receiving replies
@dadcue
Fortunately I took my last 1 mg of prednisone yesterday.
And fortunately only on it for just less than 6 months.
In that short time it upset my blood sugar, blood pressure, stomach acid, and unknown yet in my osteoporosis level.
Can’t wait to see how my labs turn around after being off prednisone.
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@caroljeand
You are fortunate to get off Prednisone so soon! Now the hope is that you can stay off prednisone. In my experience with 12 years of PMR being treated with Prednisone it was extremely hard for me to taper off. Even when a biologic was initiated it still took me 2 years to taper off Prednisone completely.
When I first saw an endocrinologist I had to explain my 12 years of being on Prednisone. The endocrinologist said I would be a "long term project" to turn things around.