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My Mayo rheumatologist told me I needed to "listen" to my body when tapering my prednisone...
to "listen" to my body when tapering ... my prednisone dosages. ... with PMR took 3 and half years to taper ... off (started at 20 mg) and the last ... mg until I could finally stop the prednisone
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That truly is an interesting question. My opinion is PMR causes "systemic inflammation." Most of the...
replacement would help me reduce my prednisone ... replacement surgery I was able to reduce my prednisone ... but still could not taper off Prednisone
Discussion: PMR target areas
Posted: May 7, 2024
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Welcome @daveycarls, That's great to hear that you have gotten off of the steroids for PMR....
great to hear that you have gotten off ... lasted 3 and half years before I could taper ... off of prednisone then it came back ... years later and I was able to get off ... of prednisone in 1 and half years.
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My PMR battle lasted 12 years until I was switched from Prednisone to a biologic medication...
At least part of my inability to taper ... off Prednisone was due to adrenal suppression ... endocrinologist said I shouldn't taper ... I tapered from 3 mg of prednisone to ... After a few more months, I was off Prednisone
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Thanks for the feedback, Becky. I believe my doctor would be ok with the idea of...
with the idea of staying longer on Prednisone ... over 7 months now and would prefer to taper ... it off...
Posted: May 1, 2024