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My PMR began in January of 2022. In April of 2024 I was trying to taper...
In April of 2024 I was trying to taper ... off Prednisone for the second time ... I'm off Prednisone and feel the ... During the previous two tapers the symptoms ... would return when I reached a Prednisone
Posted: Mar 13 6:32am
Mayo Connect is a good resource. There are many people in the USA being started on...
prednisone related complications, ... I have been off Prednisone for almost ... You will still need to taper off Prednisone ... It took more than a year to taper off ... Some of the time needed to taper off
Posted: Jun 18 1:49pm
I was treated for GCA in 2019. My symptoms started across my facial bones near my...
Tapered to 5mg over 6mos then possible ... Finally off after one year. ... I Do Not Want to Take Prednisone due ... sad part for me was within a month off ... prednisone taken to protect my sight
Posted: Jul 25 2:53pm
"I will be off Methylprednisolone in 6 days and will keep up the Actemra infusions. I...
"I will be off Methylprednisolone ... while trying to taper off. ... tolerance didn't improve as soon as I tapered ... off Prednisone. ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Jul 26 8:49am
After waiting over 6 months, I saw the Rheumatologist yesterday. She is cutting me down from...
She is cutting me down from 20 mg prednisone ... she will start Methotrexate before tapering ... me off the pred.
Discussion: Back on Prednisone
Posted: Jul 24 11:49am
I think and particularly my case the sooner you can get off prednisone the easier it...
particularly my case the sooner you can get off ... prednisone the easier it will be. ... off. ... My taper wall was 5 mg. ... weeks I was able to go from the 5mg to off
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
I was diagnosed in April 2024 with PMR and put on 15 mg prednisone. In Nov.,...
Rheumatologist who put me on Methotrexate to taper ... off the prednisone. ... I am now off Leflunomide and on sulfasalazine ... and 5 mg prednisone. i get monthly ... My goal is to taper off prednisone.
Posted: Jul 29 11:10am
Dizziness occurred asvI was tapering from 5 mg to 0 mg Prednisone. I found drinking a...
Dizziness occurred asvI was tapering ... from 5 mg to 0 mg Prednisone. ... Now I have been off Prednisone for 3 ... shoulders, but so far I have weaned off ... Prednisone without the other drugs
I didn't have any taper schedule when I started Actemra. It mostly depended on how I...
I didn't have any taper schedule ... off Prednisone. ... off prednisone. ... The second time I tapered off Prednisone ... second time I tapered off prednisone
Discussion: Actemra Infusions
Posted: Sep 22 1:57pm
I was the person on high dose prednisone. I was easy to live with. However, people...
I was the person on high dose prednisone ... people would often ask me how much prednisone ... Actemra got me off Prednisone but it ... took me about a year to taper off prednisone
Hello @amandasmith007, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear you are struggling getting off of prednisone but...
to hear you are struggling getting off ... of prednisone but I don't think ... time with PMR took 3-1/2 years to taper ... off with the last six months going ... off.
I took the advice of never reducing by more than 10% at a time from my...
I had been tapering at the rate of .5mg ... to 5mg for one day, then starting tapering ... also stopped having any reaction to tapers ... I've been off Prednisone for eight ... and most discomfort can be shrugged off
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
I wish I could find a year on your post. Not your fault. Yes, SUGAR is...
This week, I'm taking Prednisone ... headaches. 4-5 days at 100mg and not tapering ... off too soon.
Support Group: Headache & Migraine
Posted: Jul 11 9:35am
"Avoid increasing the prednisone as a quick fix if at all possible." -------------------- This is the...
"Avoid increasing the prednisone ... Many things happened when I tried to taper ... off prednisone. ... It is said that prednisone never fixes ... visits progressed to how to get me off
Posted: Jul 9 9:30am
I was diagnosed with GCA and PMR about 15 months ago. I am currently taking weekly...
Actemra injections, but I finished prednisone ... I didn't have any problems tapering ... prednisone down to zero, but starting ... with the second week I was off prednisone ... my research it sounds like I have prednisone
Posted: Sep 21 11:16am
Welcome @mycare18, I've had 2 occurrences of PMR and started treatment at 20 mg prednisone. I...
PMR and started treatment at 20 mg prednisone ... It took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone the first time and ... Do you get any pain relief from the prednisone
Posted: Sep 8 7:22am
Pushing through "increasing pain" while continuing a taper probably isn't a good idea. I believe what...
off prednisone. ... off prednisone since I took it for ... off prednisone sooner than I did. ... off prednisone going from 60 mg to ... I was able to taper off.
Posted: Sep 10 1:40pm
"I need to figure out the difference between a PMR flare and adrenal insufficiency pain." ---------------------...
There are some who believe prednisone ... We need better options than prednisone ... was when Actemra was restarted, I tapered ... off Prednisone going from 15 mg to ... taper back many months and sometimes
Posted: Sep 10 11:16am