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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: 5 days ago
I didn't understand the complexity of getting off Prednisone until someone who had an adrenal crisis...
off Prednisone. ... off prednisone in about a month to ... off prednisone. ... and I was never rushed to taper off ... off prednisone, I was unsuccessful
Posted: Oct 19 1:17pm
Hello @lsm47 I was thinking about your post today while in the pool at the JCC....
I too had alarm bells go off when bilateral ... and wrists when I was at about 5 mg Prednisone ... over the last several months I have tapered ... to zero Prednisone and swimming and
Posted: Oct 23 10:12am
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
I forgot to mention that the first time my PMR was active it took me 3...
active it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone and the last six ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg prednisone
Posted: Oct 20 7:35am
@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: 2 hours ago
Hi @anncoco57, I had pain in the feet and legs including the back of my knees...
Took me 3-1/2 years to taper off the ... Off Prednisone but ... no set rules ... discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules ... Off Prednisone? ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/any-tips-for-tapering-off-prednisone
Posted: Oct 21 7:29am
I started with Actemra (tociliumab) injections every 2 weeks. After a year, the injections were changed...
I wasn't ever able to taper my Prednisone ... It only took me a year to get off prednisone ... taper. ... was told at that low of a dose, no taper ... I did a "countdown taper" -
Posted: Oct 21 10:57am
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: 6 days ago
"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: 4 days ago
I had some lingering pain but the pain could be explained and it wasn't caused by...
felt alive again but not as soon as I tapered ... off Prednisone. ... eventually a wonderful thing to be off ... Prednisone. ... Whoever thinks prednisone gives your
Posted: Oct 19 10:34am
I think I need to slow down the tapering. I am so anxious to get off...
I think I need to slow down the tapering ... I am so anxious to get off the prednisone ... So I figured it was ok to try to taper
Posted: Oct 17 10:14am
Tapering off Prednisone is very tricky. It also becomes difficult to separate out the medical conditions...
Tapering off Prednisone is very tricky ... The longer I took Prednisone, my rheumatology ... more and more like being on long term prednisone ... Being on prednisone and being "unable ... to taper off prednisone" became
Posted: Oct 24 1:32pm
This is such an interesting discussion for me. I was tapering, was at 5 mg of...
I was tapering, was at 5 mg of prednisone ... Twenty months after getting off prednisone
Discussion: Back pain
Posted: Nov 5 4:32pm