Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

PMR diagnosed 10 months ago. Prednisone started in June (15mg) and slow taper has been done with CRP and sed rates monthly. Did well until...

I feel good on my current dose of 5 mg. but would, of course, like to find out if a lower dose would be as...

I'm curious how people manage to taper 1mg at a time. I only know about pills that are 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg and so on. How...

I am currently on 20 mg prednisone after tapering down from 40 mg which I was on for 2 weeks. I have been directed to...

After 6 months of treatment for PMR I tapered from 20 mg to 1 mg. Can just stop 1mg or is it safer to taper...

Quite a few people have posted about how important it is to taper prednisone slowly. When you get into the smaller doses, the percent reduction...

I'm supposed to taper from 5mg prednisone this week to 4 mg. We're doing a super slow taper this time because if I can't successfully...

It’s been awhile since I joined and introduced myself. I began my PMR journey July 2022 taking 15mg daily. I thought I was doing a...

This is my third attempt to taper off of Prednisone or at least down to about 4 mg since my rheumatologist said that I wouldn't...

I’m on 10mg of prednisone an started having a flare up. Dr put me on Methotrexate to help taper. How much should I go down?

How can you tell if the stiffness, aches and pains being experienced are from the body’s response to the tapering of medication and not the...

Diagnosed with PMR in March, was on 20 mg of prednisone for 6 weeks and then tapered 2.5 until I reached 10mg in June and...

I have been trying to taper down my steroid use first from 8 mg to 2 mg methylprednisolone, which I have successfully done. But the...

I know there are similar threads within other discussions, but wanted to start a fresh, focused discussion. I've been tapering from 20 mg of prednisone...

Hi all what’s remission feel like? Does it only happen when I’m completely off prednisone or can remission occur while I’m tapering? I’ve had PMR...

I have had PMR for 2 years ..I am down to 8 mg doing a slow taper but feel like hell ..dizziness and nausea I...

I have been taking 11 mg Prednisolone for 3 weeks now and have been tapering from 15 mg starting in June . Due to taper...

I was hoping to get some help here. I posted the topic “had pmr since Dec. 4. Was really desperate but now I find it...

I'm sleeping 9-10 hours each night as I taper Prednisone. I'm now down to 5.5 mg/day from 60 mg/day (sixty mg/day) of Prednisone. This may...

Has anyone experienced issues when they first started to taper? this is day 2 for me (went from 16 mg to 14 mg) and I...