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Hi @411344076, Welcome to Connect. I've tapered off of prednisone twice for PMR flares but never...
I've tapered off of prednisone twice ... experienced a rash associated with the tapering ... steroids can produce symptoms similar to prednisone ... is a common difference between oral prednisone ... and topical steroids." -- Prednisone
Posted: Jul 24, 2022
Welcome @gailpmr, It sounds like you are doing really well with the tapering. My first time...
you are doing really well with the tapering ... getting from 1 mg to being totally off ... of prednisone. ... until I was finally able to be off ... off.
I initially, I was taking prednisone along with the Actemra. I slowly tapered (for 6 months)...
I initially, I was taking prednisone ... I slowly tapered (for 6 months) off ... the prednisone. ... No more prednisone!!!
Posted: Jul 16, 2022
My PMR symptoms started about 6 years ago. Shoulder pain, neck pain, hip pain, lower back...
I have been on Cymbalta, and Prednisone ... most of this time, tapering down to ... at Duke University, who switched my Prednisone ... Medrol, in hopes that I can try and get off ... with pain, that I’m hesitant to go off
Discussion: PMR and RA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jul 11, 2022
I’ve heard that when you’re on a higher dose of prednisone you can taper with larger...
that when you’re on a higher dose of prednisone ... you can taper with larger numbers. ... to do what my doctor called a “dead taper ... one and a half to two years to get off ... the 10 mg of prednisone I’m currently
Posted: Jun 25, 2022
Hi …I agree that tapering too fast can cause pain. I’ve been on prednisone since last...
Hi …I agree that tapering too fast can ... some trial and error about how to taper ... least a year before I can totally get off ... prednisone at this rate. ... I’m worried about being on prednisone
Posted: Jun 23, 2022
Hi @kimmur, Welcome to Connect. I think you feel the same way about PMR as most...
and half years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone and the second one ... discussed any possible alternatives for prednisone
On 20 mg. Prednisone started Jan 5/22, my symptoms were much as yours since Sept. of...
Prednisone started Jan 5/22, my symptoms ... thighs - all were pretty much a write-off ... With Prednisone at least 90% better. ... Trying to taper down right now, which ... It does NOT seem normal that Prednisone
@emma321, One thing I think might really help since you just started is to keep a...
along with your daily dose amount of prednisone ... This helps when you start tapering. ... around with PMR and allowed me to taper ... off in 1-1/2 years vs the 3-1/2 years ... to listen to your body and take the tapering
Hey mikeshell, After dealing with a great deal of discomfort in my upper legs and upper...
and started a 10-month taper. ... Near the end of my taper, some of the ... About a month after weaning off the ... prednisone, I began to experience mild ... taper and also began receiving monthly
After getting my PMR under control, my MD suggested a tapering schedule and said to call...
PMR under control, my MD suggested a tapering ... Trying to wean off of the Celebrex. ... dramatically within 1 -2 months of beginning prednisone
@charlena, You will notice we changed your discussion title a little to help let members know...
that your husband is having trouble tapering ... years before I could successfully taper ... off of prednisone. ... off. ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Mar 2, 2022
New Member I am a 70 yr. old male, I was diagnosed with PMR in Feb....
PMR in Feb. 2021 and started 20 mg prednisone ... Doc put me back to 17.5 and then tapered ... My experience with the prednisone is ... 12 hours and then it seems to wear off ... Good luck to you all in tapering ,and
@nimalw, I think that you had a kidney transplant. And so I want to jump in...
I also was prescribed prednisone along ... The prednisone dosage was gradually ... hearing so many negative comments about prednisone ... evaluation, I was told that I could taper ... off the prednisone because of some
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Jan 24, 2022
Hi @annettetompkins that is a true horror story! I'm sorry that your doctor was so blase....
My inflammation markers were off the ... What I've read, prednisone has to ... be tapered slowly, as it takes over ... month to monitor inflammation as I taper ... the prednisone.
Hello Teri, thank you for your comments. I got off to an awful start just getting...
I got off to an awful start just getting ... Prednisone. ... diagnose me right away, prescribed Prednisone ... the practice who is now trying to taper