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Has anyone else had pain return after reducing pred by only 2.5 mg?
I'd been taking 15 mg of prednisone ... months after being diagnosed with PMR ... suggested I start trying to slowly taper ... off the prednisone. ... The doctor did hint that the tapering
Last active: Oct 24, 2023
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Exercise with PMR and/or GCA
Exercise with PMR and/or GCA ... diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR ... He started at 30 mg prednisone tapering ... than when he originally developed PMR ... was tapering his doctor said he could
Last active: Mar 8, 2024
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Prescriptions
Have had PMR for 5 months. ... I am down to 10mg prednisone. ... I have 5mg and 10 mg prednisone. ... My worry is that as I go down the tapering
Last active: Feb 28 12:16pm
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Do CPR and SED rate numbers correspond to pain levels?
I was newly dxed with PMR about 3 weeks ... I have had a good response to prednisone ... , started on 10 mg, now tapering with
Last active: Mar 1 9:28pm
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Hi, I've been diagnosed with PMR and have been on prednisone for 12 months. (continuing to...
Hi, I've been diagnosed with PMR ... and have been on prednisone for 12 ... (continuing to taper with the benefit ... the last year on the importance to taper ... Is this a common way to take prednisone
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Welcome @bravo1, Thanks for sharing how you taper. We are all different and it definitely helps...
bravo1, Thanks for sharing how you taper ... attention my first time around with PMR ... took 3 and half years to get off of prednisone
Posted: Mar 8 1:25pm
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I think a low cortisol is expected after months on prednisone. It potentially is a serious...
Other than staying off prednisone to ... I needed to stay on 3 mg of prednisone ... at an adequate level to allow me to taper ... off prednisone. ... flare because Actemra controlled my PMR
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No ... DHEA wasn't recommended. I tried DHEA for a month on my own and stopped...
Staying on 3 mg or less of Prednisone ... I believe the only reason I could taper ... on 3 mg was because Actemra kept PMR ... could go from 3 mg to zero without tapering ... time, Actemra seems to keep PMR and
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Yes, Inflammation markers can be normal (as with me) and you can still have PMR. My...
as with me) and you can still have PMR ... A year ago I started prednisone and ... tapered to 10mg over 10 months with ... I’m hopeful to get off Prednisone in