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Was diagnosed with PMR October of 2016 hospitalized was so very sick felt like I was...
Started on Prednisone started tapering ... down but took me two years to get off ... Hated the prednisone but it was the
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It is sad there aren't more treatment options for PMR/GCA. I was told many times that...
I was told many times that prednisone ... the "best option." I took prednisone ... Actemra worked for me and I was able to taper ... off prednisone in a year. ... rheumatologist thinks I'm better off
Posted: May 29, 2023
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Hi @gee18, I'm wondering if a temporal artery biopsy confirmed your GCA. If so, then I...
My rheumatologist had me taper down ... At the lower dosages of prednisone, ... 10 mg, I tapered down by 1 mg every ... I was on prednisone about 17 months ... and have been off it for 14 months with
Posted: Dec 13, 2023
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My husbands treatment was Prednisone and mycophenolate also. He is not on any treatment now. He...
My husbands treatment was Prednisone ... which was tapered down by 10mg eac ... He had to go off the mycophenolate because ... He continued on the Prednisone taper ... for about 8 months then was off.
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Posted: Jan 20 7:55am
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Well, my second occurrence of PMR went into remission about 5+ years ago and I'm now...
I was on prednisone for 18 months for ... with PMR took 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone.