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Hi@suemck, I was diagnosed in July 2018 and have been trying to taper down for the...
July 2018 and have been trying to taper ... down for the last 6 months from 5mg prednisone ... have had strange pain reducing the prednisone ... you every success in getting off the prednisone ... as there is so little known about PMR
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Hi @suemck, Welcome to Connect. I had trouble tapering off of prednisone for both occurrences I...
I had trouble tapering off of prednisone ... for both occurrences I had with PMR ... still having pain issues with the PMR ... of 1 to 10 which helped me finally taper ... The second time I was able to taper
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@calicojoy did your doctor mention anything about trying to taper off of prednisone after awhile? Just...
doctor mention anything about trying to taper ... off of prednisone after awhile? ... curious as I was started on 20 mg prednisone ... occurrences and it took me 3 years to taper ... of PMR and 1-1/2 years the second time
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Hi @maija, Thanks for the reference. I was not familiar with the dead slow and nearly...
with the dead slow and nearly stop taper ... off of prednisone for my first occurrence ... of PMR. ... The first time with PMR that took 3 ... When I first started the prednisone
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Hi @maija, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You mentioned you recently started having extreme pain in...
and that you are currently on 6 mg prednisone ... I was started on 20 mg of prednisone ... and tapered off from there. ... First time took me 3 years to taper ... Second time took me 1-1/2 years to taper