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Hello @tiateacake, Welcome to Connect. I don't think it's something you have to get used to...
everyone is different when it comes to PMR ... off of prednisone that you might want ... off of prednisone and managing the ... search=prednisone%20tapering%20and%20managing ... daily log of your level of pain and prednisone
Posted: Jul 8 7:18am
I had the most trouble tapering in my first occurrence of PMR during the last six...
I had the most trouble tapering in my ... first occurrence of PMR during the ... until I could finally stop taking prednisone
Discussion: Traveling with PMR
Posted: Jul 9 7:41am
I started the Prednisone at 60 mg in August, 2023 and still weaning to date. I...
I started the Prednisone at 60 mg in ... This was my tapering process: August ... able to stay off all medications for PMR
Posted: Jul 9 10:10pm
I had and still have a chronic inflammatory disease for nearly 20 years before PMR was...
disease for nearly 20 years before PMR ... followed by a fast taper. ... tapers. ... I wasn't able to taper off Prednisone ... PMR.
Welcome @andirae, It's not uncommon to have a lot of questions being fairly new to PMR...
and trying to taper off of prednisone ... started at 20 mg prednisone. ... half years to taper off in the fall ... symptoms and tapering off. ... in the morning plus your dosage of prednisone
I took weekly doses for 7 weeks . Also took folic acid as directed. After week...
My PMR pain increased from lack of movement ... and I had to increase Prednisone to ... Methotrexate and said I was having a PMR ... I have had several PMR flares as I taper
@ldg001 Thanks for sharing what you’re taking. My husband is the one with osteoporosis from taking...
choice and is still on it trying to taper ... He first developed PMR in May 2023 and ... just when he was doing well tapering ... down the prednisone he developed giant ... He’s been on high doses of prednisone
Posted: Jul 11 11:20pm
I have severe sweating, especially from the head area. Drops of sweat actually fall down my...
neck from my head and I actually need paper ... However, I do take prednisone and thought ... wondering if it is the combination of the PMR ... and Prednisone.
Posted: Jul 10 8:12am
Hello PMR-pals ! @dadcue @johnbishop @linda7 I gained ~8 lbs during my year of PMR. Size...
Hello PMR-pals ! ... I gained ~8 lbs during my year of PMR ... During the last 5 months of tapering ... off of Prednisone to 0.5mg/day ,
Posted: Jul 13 2:39pm
I get pain and numbness in the front of my thighs upon standing or walking 20...
#39;ve gained 18 lbs in 17 months of prednisone ... The pmr is mostly in the upper back ... Doing the taper super slow. ... One half mg per month of the old pregnisone
I agree completely. You got this figured out. I think drugs like Kevzara are very useful...
inflammation that may result from the taper ... easy as saying you need to reduce prednisone ... The same applies for most with PMR.
Posted: Jun 4 2:01pm
I am not sure about your symptoms. I am assuming all the PMR markers tested in...
I am assuming all the PMR markers tested ... If it is PMR, my guess you would not ... have been able to make it without prednisone ... Once PMR has subsided I think some feel ... Particularly as they taper off steroids
Posted: Jun 2 3:24pm
My mother was on 5 mg of prednisone for over 10 years. Her skin got so...
My mother was on 5 mg of prednisone ... All those years of prednisone left her ... I was diagnosed with PMR last August ... trying very hard to get off of the prednisone ... had a couple flares but am trying to taper
Posted: Jun 7 11:07am
Thanks for both comments above. I will look at the Mayo link you supplied with comments...
To clarify my taper, my rheumatologist ... prescribed prednisone beginning in ... people say, after only two days on prednisone ... Since that time, I have been tapering ... probably comes down to is that with PMR
Posted: Jun 10 8:54am
"My advice to you all is never miss the opportunity to taper down if your medics...
all is never miss the opportunity to taper ... a doctor's duty is to make the tapering ... I was never pressured to taper lower ... was the "only option" for PMR ... was the best treatment for PMR ...
Posted: Jun 11 10:00am
I believe I have had PMR for a least a year. Up until 6 months ago...
I believe I have had PMR for a least ... physician in a few minutes know it was PMR ... He put me on 15mg Prednisone and recommended ... I did my own tapering after that. ... I have been reducing prednisone 2.5
Posted: Jul 22 3:13pm
Welcome @wilmingtonemperor, You are not alone. Nobody wants to take prednisone but it is the defining...
Nobody wants to take prednisone but ... I've had two occurrences of PMR. ... I was started at 20mg prednisone for ... Fortunately I was able to taper off ... pain when I woke up along with my prednisone
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Posted: Sep 2, 2023
@hopeful33250 You're very welcome! My husband has steroid-induced osteoporosis, something we had never heard of until...
He was diagnosed with PMR (Polymyalgia ... With PMR, he was put on 30 mg prednisone ... he was diagnosed with GCA, he had tapered ... in 2/2024 and is now tapering (with ... But all the prednisone caught up with
Posted: Jul 26 10:34am
this would be just my take on it./ IL-6 has been found to be active in...
been found to be active in cases of PMR ... Kevzara is the PMR drug and Actemra ... inflammatory response while trying to taper ... prednisone. ... Prednisone also fights inflammation
Posted: Aug 12 7:14pm
Hi. As @dadcue mentioned above, I have had RA for 12 years. My onset was very...
struggled with whether it might be PMR ... sometimes severe enough my Rheumy gives me Prednisone ... - usually starting at 15-20 mg and tapering
Posted: Jun 11 11:27am