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jds2123 Are you planning on tapering down off the prednisone soon? This is something that I...
jds2123 Are you planning on tapering ... down off the prednisone soon? ... that I hope would be a goal since prednisone ... I was diagnosed with PMR as a direct ... Prednisone is playing with my immune
I had difficulty coming off prednisone after starting Actemra. It took me an entire year to...
It took me an entire year to taper from ... insufficiency can be very similar to PMR ... thought my symptoms were caused by PMR ... The first time I tapered off prednisone ... Your PMR/GCA symptoms may gradually
Thank you John. Good to know cancern is on the list. Why not. I'm satisfied I...
I'm satisfied I have PMR. ... Why didn't ER provide prednisone ... PMR is personal. ... Everybody's PMR is different. ... Clear that tapering prednisone can take
Posted: Jan 4 1:06pm
Thanks to all of you who responded to my post. It seems that the PMR is...
It seems that the PMR is under control ... with 10 mg prednisone 2x a day and ... Will work with my doc to start tapering
Posted: Jan 4, 2023
Hi Gang! Tapering from 25 mgs of predisone about five months ago down to 10 now...
Tapering from 25 mgs of predisone about ... five months ago down to 10 now for my PMR ... inclined to tough it out and keep tapering ... bad must it get before you up your predisone
Discussion: PMR Taper and pain
Posted: Jan 6 1:51pm
Hi, I am a physician over the past five years. I’ve had PMR three times and...
I’ve had PMR three times and they were ... and last 2 to 3 months with a slow prednisone ... taper. ... second Covid vaccine, the course of prednisone ... is more common than we think, prednisone
Posted: Jan 6 9:35am
Hello @sbschnell59, I see you've been a member for awhile but this is your first post...
sorry to hear you have joined the PMR ... happy that you found relief with the prednisone ... There are many discussions on PMR that ... of pain (1 to 10) and the dosage of prednisone ... for the day to help when I started tapering
Psoriatic arthritis is a seronegative inflammatory disease. It is more likely if you have or ever...
For me, PMR was diagnosed at the age ... had reactive arthritis along with PMR ... As soon as I tapered off prednisone, ... Prednisone will help almost any type ... rheumatologists will want to avoid long term prednisone
Posted: Feb 5 6:10pm
I have osteopenia ( less severe than osteoporosis) and my rheumatologist put me on Fosamax to...
bone loss as soon as I started the prednisone ... newer medication for people who have PMR ... but cannot tolerate prednisone or cannot ... taper off it. ... could increase my dose up to 25%, then taper
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Posted: Mar 9 10:50am
Sorry to hear you lost so much vision from GCA, Bob -- that must have been...
Like PMR, I believe GCA is also caused ... etc., even though I am also taking prednisone ... for PMR, but currently working at tapering
Posted: Mar 13 1:46pm
Welcome @kipwiley, I've had two occurrences/flare ups of PMR but never experienced what you have for...
ve had two occurrences/flare ups of PMR ... symptoms is that you might be trying to taper ... told me to listen to my body when tapering ... increase it by half of the previous taper ... sharing how long ago you were started on prednisone
Posted: Feb 4, 2023
I’ve had no markers and have had PMR for almost 4 years now…was off prednisone after...
I’ve had no markers and have had PMR ... for almost 4 years now…was off prednisone ... after long taper but pain never left ... during or after finishing the taper ... kicking in but dr put me on 5 mg of prednisone
Posted: May 28 11:09am
Do you want me to separate out PMR symptoms from everything else? What I remember most...
Do you want me to separate out PMR symptoms ... for uveitis until PMR was diagnosed ... followed by a fast taper off prednisone ... With the onset of PMR my prednisone ... It responded to my daily Prednisone
The 7 mg barrier is hard to get past. I had problems at that dose of...
I had problems at that dose of prednisone ... level improved before I allowed to taper ... off prednisone. ... My PMR symptoms have been well controlled ... I'm still being treated for PMR
Posted: Jun 23 11:25am
@pargeo47 I can only speak from our experience - my husband is the one with PMR....
experience - my husband is the one with PMR ... , tapered to 12.5 mg by Feb 2024 when ... arteritis - something about 25% of PMR ... medicine so my immediate thought with PMR ... 80 mg per day starting in Feb 2024 tapering
Posted: Jun 16 10:07am
well thats the thing. just like what started the disease everyone is different. I think there...
think there can be different levels of PMR ... like I was pretty lucky to have my PMR ... I started my taper at 4 months and was ... was also on an equivalent of 10mg prednisone ... If Dadcue responds he was on prednisone
Posted: Jun 25 1:05pm
I don't know how to control "all other factors being equal." I don't think it exists...
The need for a slower prednisone taper ... for the treatment of PMR. ... I was terrible at tapering off prednisone ... after PMR was diagnosed. ... quickly after PMR is diagnosed are
Posted: Jun 25 5:56pm
It is more about the "duration of treatment" with prednisone rather than the dose. If a...
#34;duration of treatment" with prednisone ... I was able to taper down to 3 mg of ... likely I would have a PMR flare. ... a while to convince myself that a PMR ... I wasn't having any PMR pain but
Posted: Apr 9 3:30pm
My family's had a similar experience to @tuckerp. (My dad has PMR.) He experienced some predisone...
(My dad has PMR.) ... He experienced some predisone side effects ... hyper-alert) but once it quashed the PMR-inflammation ... Flare-ups occurred during the taper, ... but became fewer when we slowed the taper
Discussion: PMR or PREDNISONE
Posted: Jun 24 6:24pm
I was diagnosed exactly 6 months ago. 20mg of prednisone and then 8mg of Medrol were...
diagnosed exactly 6 months ago. 20mg of prednisone ... was bumped up to 48 mg of Medrol, tapering ... all the steroid weight (12 lbs), had tapered ... the reduced steroids since I have no PMR ... okay dealing with this beast called PMR
Posted: Jun 27 9:54am