Unlike Prednisone, Actemra can be easily ... Actemra was working until I started tapering ... my Prednisone dose by 1 mg per week ... I only tapered my Prednisone dose that ... my rheumatologist told me to stop tapering

I didn't want to take Prednisone ... I don't take Prednisone anymore. ... Looking back on why I took Prednisone ... the medication that enabled me to taper ... off prednisone was worse than prednisone

super helpful and gave me scripts of prednisone ... patients took over a year at 1mg to taper ... with PMR I spent the last six months tapering ... bumped it back up to half of what I tapered ... still was making progress with the tapering

to the discussion on how to proceed tapering ... : Is the only marker to reduce Prednisone

you for suggesting an alternative to prednisone ... without pain - unless I had big doses of Prednisone ... and then tapering down again was a big

a person can't do a "fast taper ... Then I would taper by 5 or 10 mg every ... off Prednisone. ... I shouldn't say "slow taper& ... #34; because I quickly tapered to 3

dismissively and that I just needed to taper ... (I went up to 4 and tapered quickly ... happiness is more beneficial than 2 mg of Prednisone

My previous rheumatologist had me taper ... The ultimate goal is to be off the prednisone

experience is the pain you have during prednisone ... taper is less severe than what you ... Prednisone does an excellent job of ... contributes to pain and my ability to taper ... off of prednisone.

My prednisone dose is beginning to taper ... I tapered down a year ago, but I have ... I’m hoping that the prednisone will

I was tapering, was at 5 mg of prednisone ... Twenty months after getting off prednisone

about 10 months, I am down to 2.0 prednisone ... production or availability as I continue to taper

Still on prednisone and trying to taper ... ….the prednisone itself seems evil to

I am currently @ 4mg Prednisone and ... days to decide on next steps for my taper

Prednisone over time increases the risk ... Prednisone use should be minimized. ... Kevzara in early January and have tapered ... from 13 mg to 6 mg prednisone. ... taper.

working since I've been able to taper ... the prednisone fairly rapidly with

I agree with @seniormed that the prednisone ... have GCA and PMR, and I started on prednisone ... level for 6 weeks, and now I have tapered ... I had some muscle problems as I tapered ... the prednisone, but those seemed to

Keytruda reaction and put me on 80 mg of prednisone ... That fixed it, but 80 mg of prednisone ... past two years, I've been slowly tapering ... day and 5 mg the next, and a slower taper ... always have to take a small dose of prednisone

I started with 20 mg of prednisone and ... have tapered to 6 mg.

hurt, I take an extra 5mg to 10mg of prednisone ... body just needs a hug with some extra prednisone ... the symptoms and help me wean off prednisone ... path for me other than to get off prednisone ... 2.5mg and 1mg pills so that when I taper