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It must be difficult having been on prednisone for such a long time @gaylerenee. You might...
It must be difficult having been on prednisone ... the risks of suddenly stopping the prednisone ... without slowly tapering off before ... you stop taking the prednisone. ... aches and lightheadedness." --- Prednisone
Posted: Jul 18, 2023
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Nancy here. I am 51 and have had PMR for 3 years and did the prednisone...
have had PMR for 3 years and did the prednisone ... As I tapered off the prednisone the
Posted: Apr 29, 2012
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About tapering: I am now down to 12.5mg, having started at 20, then 30, then 25,...
About tapering: I am now down to 12.5mg ... When I got to 20 (weekly tapering) I ... began a 2.5 taper per week. ... math it will take me 10 months to get off ... take a very low maintenance dose of prednisone
Posted: Jul 4, 2023
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Welcome @limbmaker, It sounds like you could be tapering a little too much too fast. When...
comes to PMR, no one likes to take prednisone ... twice, both times I started at 20 mg prednisone ... off, the second time took me 1-1/2 ... years to taper off. ... pain when I woke up and my dose of prednisone
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Hello all, new to PMR and finding this Connect site very helpful. I'm a 63 yo...
but not horrible and kept putting off ... #34; at 20mg and the need to start tapering ... diagnosed quickly - Looking forward to tapering ... Some great threads on tapering on this ... better than the pain, as long as I can taper