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Hello @dudeofdad, Welcome to Connect. I'm glad you found this discussion and shared your experience. It's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/286767/

good to hear you are doing well on tapering ... off of prednisone slow and easy. ... occurrence took 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone and the last six ... off of prednisone the second time around

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 10, 2021

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I was wondering if anyone has become Prednisone dependent? For the third time (of this bout!),...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/79686/

was wondering if anyone has become Prednisone ... , I have tried to taper off the Prednisone ... because in a week, I was supposed to be tapering ... has used colchicine to aid in the tapering ... off of Prednisone?

Discussion: Mesenteric Panniculitis and Sclerosing Mesenteritis: Let's connect

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Posted: Mar 20, 2018

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Hello @sjf1024, I would like to add my welcome along with @dadcue @tuckerp and others. If...

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you wake up along with your dose of prednisone ... It helped me while I was tapering off ... of prednisone. ... level of 0 to 2 for aches/pain while tapering ... was and what was suggested for a tapering

Discussion: Recently diagnosed, symptom question

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 2, 2024

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Welcome @knyhus, Tapering off of prednisone can be difficult when you get below 5 mg. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/931873/

Welcome @knyhus, Tapering off of prednisone ... PMR it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off with the last six months going ... pain when I woke up and the dose of prednisone ... taking for the day helped me when tapering

Discussion: Anyone else have PMR with some serious sternum/rib cage pain?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 18, 2023

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Hello @freeme, Welcome to Connect. It's good that you are advocating for your health and learning...

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What helped me when I was tapering off ... of prednisone was keeping a daily log ... with my prednisone dose for the day

Discussion: Multiple triggers aka when the chickens come home to roost

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 24, 2023

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Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? FDA approved for GCA

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I have taken prednisone daily since ... My average prednisone dose over the ... had given up hope that I would ever taper ... off prednisone.Twelve years of prednisone ... been even more complicated but I was prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Last active: Dec 12, 2025

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Deficient disaccharidase & inflammation in small intestine

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run including the taper. ... After about a week on the predisone, ... This doctor had us taper more quickly ... off of the predinsone because she reviewed ... Once he had to taper off the predisone

Support Group: Digestive Health

Last active: Dec 13, 2022

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Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis Question

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right now..im on Methotrexate and tapering ... off Prednisone..my symptoms that got

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Last active: Jul 30, 2024

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Kevzara Side Effects?

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/kevzara-side-effects/

I'm thinking of going off Prednisone ... my forearms and tops of my hands is paper