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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