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No floaters but my vision has been blurry and eyes horribly filled with blood like pinkeye...
now and they got worse after PMR and Prednisone ... debilitating effects of trying to taper ... off Prednisone, I'm pretty bummed
Posted: Sep 17 1:04pm
Hi @dadcue! You asked "Did anyone ever tell you that your taper was too fast?" The...
Did anyone ever tell you that your taper ... UK, and when I posted the six month tapering ... and it turned out that I was able to taper ... introduced about a month later and to start tapering ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Sep 19 12:45pm
Hi.... I would like to get your insight on Actemra. I was diagnosed with GCA in...
Started with 60mg Prednisone and after ... Actemra injections (while still on 10mg Prednisone ... I am off Prednisone since end of July ... Have you heard anything about tapering
Posted: Sep 20 9:54am
For about 20 years, all I knew was to start with 60 mg of Prednisone and...
I knew was to start with 60 mg of Prednisone ... and do a fast taper for 30+ flares ... I didn't have any difficulty tapering ... off Prednisone -- 60 mg to zero in ... I wasn't able to taper off Prednisone
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Oct 12 11:47am
I didn't understand the complexity of getting off Prednisone until someone who had an adrenal crisis...
like I didn't understand how to taper ... only difference was I could always taper ... and I was never rushed to taper off ... no matter how slowly I tapered my prednisone ... Then at 7 mg, I started to taper by
Posted: Oct 19 1:17pm
Hello @lsm47 I was thinking about your post today while in the pool at the JCC....
and wrists when I was at about 5 mg Prednisone ... over the last several months I have tapered ... to zero Prednisone and swimming and
Posted: Oct 23 10:12am
Hi, Robin. I had an onset of PMR last December and like you was very concerned...
concerned about the long term effects of prednisone ... low-dose, relatively short term course of prednisone ... daily about three weeks ago and I’m tapering ... forum have had such struggles with prednisone
I forgot to mention that the first time my PMR was active it took me 3...
active it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone and the last six ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg prednisone
Posted: Oct 20 7:35am
@labcoris I have given you the link to Mayo Clinic’s information on atopic dermatitis. I plan...
It sure beats taking prednisone forever ... I’m tapering the prednisone now and ... The stories of prednisone long term ... order to avoid skin cancer, which prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 15 10:25pm
PMR was treated with prednisone for 12 years and I never did achieve a lasting remission....
PMR was treated with prednisone for ... Actemra instead of a daily dose of prednisone ... insufficiency might have prevented me from tapering ... off prednisone sooner than I did. ... There were other prednisone related
Posted: Nov 16 7:47pm
Did anyone ever tell you that your taper was too fast? Actemra made a mockery of...
Did anyone ever tell you that your taper ... Actemra made a mockery of slow Prednisone ... tapers. ... You were lucky not to be on Prednisone ... endocrinologist said there was no need to taper
Posted: Sep 18 6:08pm
Hello Becky, Thanks for your response to my post. You mentioned the prednisone and Cellcept didn’t...
You mentioned the prednisone and Cellcept ... positive response have also had an prednisone ... look forward to starting over on a prednisone ... taper, it might be worth it.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 17 10:09am
Welcome Cyn @cyninaustria, I think a lot of us have had similar thoughts and wanting to...
similar thoughts and wanting to avoid prednisone ... twice and started both times with 20mg prednisone ... fairly well but took me awhile to taper
Posted: Sep 22 7:40am
“Anyone have pain when tapering…?” Of course you will. My rheumy told me in my first...
“Anyone have pain when tapering…?” ... Stick with the taper schedule, and do ... Tapered from 30 to 10 at 5 per two weeks ... do not automatically reach for the prednisone
My experience with Prednisone is that it works quite quickly - in hours or at most...
My experience with Prednisone is that ... multiple broken bones, and 20 mg/day of Prednisone ... Later, while tapering off Prednisone