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Hello @golfbarmie, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for sharing your journey with GCA and...
My PMR is currently in remission but ... Have you tried going down in your prednisone ... I had trouble tapering below 1 mg for ... 1 mg tablets to see if that helped tapering ... months before I was finally able to taper
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@munchie, I really don't think anyone doctor or patient really knows the answer to your question....
I've had two occurrences of PMR ... lasted 3 and half years before I could taper ... off of the 20 mg prednisone used at ... last 1 and half years before I could taper ... be achieved with a 15-mg/d dose of prednisone
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Hello everyone. I'm curious if any of you have experienced problems with shortness of breath, palpitations,...
and agitation on the higher doses of prednisone ... After tapering the prednisone, those ... However, my PMR has flared so I' ... My rheumatologist says prednisone is ... the only known option for PMR.
Posted: Sep 11, 2021
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Glad you are able to taper. These same thing happened to me. 5 years with PMR...
Glad you are able to taper. ... thing happened to me. 5 years with PMR ... with a few flare ups but nothing prednisone ... vaccine and was fine for a few days then PMR ... double the 2.5 mg to 5 and start the taper
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Hello Rick @ricksch, Welcome to Connect, an online community where patients and caregivers share their experiences,...
I don't think any of us with PMR ... it is the gold standard for PMR drugs ... off the first time my PMR was active ... the first time before I could taper ... The second time the PMR came out of