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So sorry to hear you've had a relapse. I hope you do well on your taper...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1060442/

Discussion: GCA Relapse - A Slow Burn

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Posted: May 1 4:43pm

My guess is the shakes and insomnia are more likely prednisone side effects. I took prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1093322/

Discussion: PMR or PREDNISONE

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Posted: Jun 24 12:38pm

Fortunately for you it might be easier to tell. Literature mostly says PMR can last 1-3...

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Discussion: PMR or PREDNISONE

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Posted: Jun 24 12:40pm

Pmr is such a dilemma. In my 6th year. Original dose was 20mg. Easily got below...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1096673/

Discussion: I keep relapsing when I try to get off prednisone

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Posted: Jun 30 8:15am

Excellent response!! There really isn't much that can be done to increase cortisol levels. The treatment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1096871/

Discussion: Good information to know about prednisone.

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Posted: Jun 30 11:36am

I'm sure there are other ways of dealing with prednisone tapering. I only offered this as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1098675/

Discussion: I keep relapsing when I try to get off prednisone

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Posted: Jul 3 2:19pm

I wish you well in your journey. I am prednisone free almost two weeks. I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1097346/

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

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Posted: Jul 1 8:54am

Yes ... there are 1 mg tablets of prednisone. I didn't need the 1 mg tablets...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099866/

Discussion: Has Prednisone/Actemra worked to completely heal GCA?

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Posted: Jul 5 3:50pm

@tuckerp I definitely got the feeling that Dadcue is the king of prednisone and PMR. He...

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Discussion: Has Prednisone/Actemra worked to completely heal GCA?

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Posted: Jul 5 6:20pm

I'm not an expert in anything. The thing I learned from the whole ordeal was how...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099962/

Discussion: Has Prednisone/Actemra worked to completely heal GCA?

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Posted: Jul 5 6:44pm

Oh my goodness. I think it might be a combination of the PMR breaking through the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099374/

Discussion: Prednisone is like running UP a DOWN staircase

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Posted: Jul 4 5:23pm

Hi, great question. Personally, my dose began in April, low 10 mg, and I am on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1100474/

Discussion: Prednisone is like running UP a DOWN staircase

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Posted: Jul 6 3:06pm

It depends what you mean by success. From what I understand, we are to take prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1100541/

Discussion: Prednisone is like running UP a DOWN staircase

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Posted: Jul 6 5:13pm

It may not be the prednisone that's the cause of your up and down days, it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1100591/

Discussion: Prednisone is like running UP a DOWN staircase

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Posted: Jul 6 8:23pm

Nothing much to add except that I had an identical event. Extensive, bilateral, multiple, and massive...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1100757/

Discussion: Blood Clots - Connected with PMR?

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Posted: Jul 7 7:59am

I am 77 and tapering slowly since my diagnosis lat May (4 mg now). I do...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1001028/

Discussion: Resistance Training and PMR

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Posted: Jan 21 8:48am

What was the time frame for all of this tapering. I took prednisone for 12 years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1102567/

Discussion: Feelings when tapering: My journey

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Posted: Jul 9 8:05pm

I believe it is just something to get used to. We are all different, but in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1102742/

Discussion: Feelings when tapering: My journey

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Posted: Jul 10 7:48am

Welcome to the club none of us wanted to join! I am 7 months in and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1102300/

Discussion: How do I handle the ups and downs of PMR? So many questions.

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Posted: Jul 9 11:43am

I would agree completely with both articles. But I have the thought that PMR symptoms is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1102958/

Discussion: Circulating cortisol levels -- Does it have an effect on PMR?

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Posted: Jul 10 12:36pm

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