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Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone use
Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone ... go off 7 months before I would if I tapered ... Just a little background - I got PMR ... in August and have been tapering down ... I have been doing great PMR-wise.
Last active: Feb 28 9:45am
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Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase or decrease prednisone)
Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase ... or decrease prednisone) ... my husband's second bout with PMR ... 10 mg, he felt better, so the Dr. tapered ... read of some being stuck under 3mg of prednisone
Last active: May 13 5:57pm
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Revisit the 'PMRandIL6' site _PMR needs NEW FACES of patients
Revisit the 'PMRandIL6' site _PMR ... insufficiency after Actemra allowed me to taper ... down to 3 mg of prednisone. ... the challenges and opportunities of PMR ... I have attached ref to PMR -ages from
Last active: Jun 18, 2023
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Has anyone used an anti inflammatory diet to get off prednisone ?
anti inflammatory diet to get off prednisone ... I have had pmr for 2 plus years now ... and down to 2mg but each time I taper ... My goal has been to get off prednisone ... (it has been normal since on prednisone
Last active: Sep 10 3:50pm
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How many of you are on your second flare-up?
How many people have come off of Prednisone ... I have had PMR for 3.5 years and was ... finally able to wean off of Prednisone ... Now I'm back to 10 mgs Prednisone ... tapering 1/2 pill every three days.
Last active: Oct 7, 2023
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My GP didn't really appreciate my need for an endocrine referral until my cortisol level was...
I stayed on low dose Prednisone. ... was rather nice to be told NOT to taper ... any longer to treat PMR. ... tocilizumab) is currently treating PMR ... instead of Prednisone.
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I understand how you feel. I was lucky that the right rheumatologist found me! The possibility...
possibility that you have more than PMR ... ophthalmologist said I was very skilled at tapering ... I always tapered off Prednisone in about ... For a long time I felt PMR was caused ... use for PMR.
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I am sorry you are feeling so much pain. I have had a similar experience after...
a similar experience after finally tapering ... off prednisone after 1 year. ... at the same level of pain as when PMR ... to speed after being suppressed by prednisone ... just “poof” go away after stopping prednisone
Posted: Oct 8 7:34am
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"Please let me know what all the problems I am going to have?" --------------------- You might...
it becomes harder and harder to taper ... years for flares but not for flares of PMR ... When PMR was diagnosed my starting dose ... PMR was NOT good for me. ... My PMR journey hasn't ended even
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Congratulations! Many of us are still on the tapper journey. I too sat for too long...
Many of us are still on the tapper journey ... 1year) and are determined to slowly taper ... discomfort against just increasing predisone ... over a year so my symptoms should be predisone ... withdrawal and not PMR.
Posted: Nov 9 8:45am