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I was on Losartin (Cozaar) and Hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiurel) also. My calcium channel blocker was Amlodipine (Norvasc)....
couple of days followed by a fast taper ... Actemra, Then it took a year for me to taper ... off prednisone. ... have been stopped when I was able to taper ... off Prednisone.
This isn't a recommendation of anyone in particular but this place has several rheumatologists to choose...
a very long time and you can't taper ... off Prednisone, a rheumatologist at ... novel therapy, it took me a year to taper ... off Prednisone. ... use but currently off prednisone for
Posted: Nov 10 7:08pm
Hi, Robin. I had an onset of PMR last December and like you was very concerned...
concerned about the long term effects of prednisone ... low-dose, relatively short term course of prednisone ... daily about three weeks ago and I’m tapering ... every two weeks planning to be off ... forum have had such struggles with prednisone
@labcoris I have given you the link to Mayo Clinic’s information on atopic dermatitis. I plan...
It sure beats taking prednisone forever ... I’m tapering the prednisone now and ... should be off of it by January 1. ... The stories of prednisone long term ... order to avoid skin cancer, which prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 15 10:25pm
PMR was treated with prednisone for 12 years and I never did achieve a lasting remission....
PMR was treated with prednisone for ... treatment with Actemra but I have been off ... insufficiency might have prevented me from tapering ... off prednisone sooner than I did. ... Once I got off prednisone, all the medications
Posted: Nov 16 7:47pm
It’s been 8 months since my Feb 26th post. Here is the update I said I...
infusions to 8 mg/kg (up from 6 mg) and tapering ... prednisone, from 20 mg in March, now ... The plan is to continue prednisone taper ... (0.5 mg every 2 weeks) until off, then ... Then, hopefully off that too.
Posted: 4 days ago
"I did approach my new rheumatologist (first appt with her) about checking for antibodies to Actemra…....
When Actemra enabled me to taper off ... Within a week or two of getting off ... When I tapered down to 15 mg of Prednisone ... off Prednisone in 3 months the second ... off Prednisone the first time.
Posted: 4 days ago
Off prednisone since mid-September, slow taper for 18 months, PMR still in remission, but the fatigue...
Off prednisone since mid-September, ... slow taper for 18 months, PMR still ... and endurance has suffered since the taper
Posted: 2 days ago
In my opinion, prednisone perpetuates PMR after the adrenals are suppressed. I wonder how many people...
In my opinion, prednisone perpetuates ... However, when we attempt to taper off ... prednisone, we are confronted with ... that I'm "better" being off ... Prednisone.
Posted: Oct 25 5:15pm
Methotrexate works for many people but not for everyone. The trick is finding what medication works...
their patients on "long term" prednisone ... depends on what side effects from prednisone ... problem is finding an alternative to Prednisone ... works well when someone is unable to taper ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Nov 7 1:30pm
"So I can't be converted to a life-is-better-without-prednisone position till I have a reasonably good chance...
converted to a life-is-better-without-prednisone ... I desperately wanted to be off prednisone ... Prednisone was very hard on my body ... Fortunately, I was able to taper off ... Prednisone relatively quickly after
"Please let me know what all the problems I am going to have?" --------------------- You might...
off. ... off. ... off in a month the same as you. ... The problem I had with tapering off ... I have been off Prednisone for almost
Congratulations! Many of us are still on the tapper journey. I too sat for too long...
Many of us are still on the tapper journey ... 1year) and are determined to slowly taper ... off, listen to my body and understand ... discomfort against just increasing predisone ... over a year so my symptoms should be predisone
Posted: Nov 9 8:45am
"My recent tests showed adrenal insufficiency, after I had gone down from 5 to 4 mg....
similar impasse when I couldn't taper ... would NOT make another attempt to taper ... off prednisone. ... off prednisone. ... Now I realize that getting off prednisone
Posted: Nov 11 5:04pm
I'm not Therese but I currently do Actemra infusions. I actually started out doing Actemra injections...
I was able to taper off prednisone but ... It took 3 months for me to taper off ... relapse occurred the second time I tapered ... off prednisone. ... I was able to stay off Prednisone for
Posted: 6 days ago
I am a 6 year veteran. first couple of years had 2 courses of prednisone. Each...
first couple of years had 2 courses of prednisone ... Each time I tapered down and got off ... a flare and needed to get back on prednisone ... annoying symptoms, my gait is way off
Posted: 6 days ago
Don't get your hopes up too much because there isn't that much that can be done...
seemed to explain why I couldn't taper ... off Prednisone for 12 years. ... Prednisone is truly a miracle medication ... control inflammation and an inability to taper ... off Prednisone.
I initially contracted PMR with a week after my second Pfyzer vaccination. I had a very...
I managed to taper off of 10 mg. of ... prednisone in about a year, but it came ... when I had COVID and then I had to taper ... off 2 mg. for a couple of months.
Posted: 3 days ago
My experience with methotrexate was horrible nausea at first but I was able to taper prednisone...
nausea at first but I was able to taper ... prednisone easily from 7.5 mg, where ... and stopped helping the PMR so I got off ... the end patients have to go back to prednisone
Posted: 15 hours ago
Wow! 120 is amazing! Great news for you! Well done! I haven’t been under 200 in...
I’ve been trying to taper off prednisone ... been around 220 for decades before prednisone
Posted: 9 hours ago