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Hello @barbararene, my first episode of PMR took almost 3 years to get off prednisone. I...
of PMR took almost 3 years to get off ... prednisone. ... started with the 20 mg and started tapering ... a little pain I may be able to get off ... prednisone sooner.
Posted: Mar 28, 2017
Hello @rinron, when I was first diagnosed with PMR and was put on prednisone for about...
diagnosed with PMR and was put on prednisone ... about 3 years before I was able to taper ... off, my main side effect was weight ... of last year so I was back on 20 mg prednisone ... I have been able to taper down to 10
I had PMR and was on prednisone for 18 months. The side effects were terrible, especially...
I had PMR and was on prednisone for ... did not experience any difficulty tampering ... off. ... off. ... the awful pain before I started on prednisone
Hello @barbararene - you are right, PMR is the Frankenstein disease. I've had the old man...
rheumatologist to discuss bumping up the prednisone ... I don't believe prednisone will help ... tingling and not any pain. 4 mg prednisone ... I was able to taper down the dosage ... and get off of the prednisone in 2010
@mentor51 I can understand your concern about how you are feeling changing your dose of Lexapro....
me started on what it's like for me tapering ... prednisone from Crohn's treatments. ... significant side effects from coming off ... and slowing down how quickly I came off
Great news @bertbiz. Speaking of prednisone, you may be interested in the discussion that @johnbishop and...
Speaking of prednisone, you may be interested ... johnbishop and @charlena are having about tapering ... off the drug and managing pain. https
Dot, Thank you for starting this. Right now, I am very discouraged because of my experience...
months by starting me on a course of prednisone ... azathioprine (Immuran) while continuing the predinsone ... some adjustments with a very slow taper ... off the prednisone, my symptoms when ... of being cured and being able to go off
I almost died, too, due to misdiagnoses that left me without the proper care for weeks....
with my first experience, but it's tapering ... off now. ... having after refusing to take anymore prednisone
Posted: Jan 31, 2012
I have some experience with acupuncture. In my first bout of PMR (15 years ago), I...
In the past 3 years, I went on prednisone ... months and felt I decreased and went off ... In the 10 months I was off, I had a ... I have now been on prednisone almost ... a year, down to 5 mg, taking the taper
I have been taking Methotrexate since the beginning of October. I have had PMR for 7...
intend to call my Rhem. to try and taper ... off it. ... I will take my chances with the Prednisone
Posted: Jan 28 9:24am
Hello Becky, It took my husband, myself and a dermatologist to put the massive amounts of...
remission with 6 months of high dose Prednizone ... and off label use of Dupexient. ... He is back on a high dose of Prednisone ... that will start to taper off in 3 months ... if any of the following things are off
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 31 3:33pm
I have Giant Cell Arteritis and take Actemra and prednisone for treatment. Actemra is a drug...
Cell Arteritis and take Actemra and prednisone ... Actemra is a drug that allows you to taper ... off of prednisone faster and helps
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 1 4:20am
I am 57 years old and have had PMR for 2 years now. Started on 20...
Started on 20 mg. of prednisone initially ... and tapered down to over the 2 years ... I refuse to back up on prednisone dosage ... I am beginning to think prednisone is ... addictive as the tapering off is as
Posted: Apr 28, 2012
Hello @dsmith337, Welcome to Connect. You are mostly correct from what I've read. I was 64...
is a very short time to be able to taper ... off of prednisone for PMR. ... occurrence took me 3 and half years to taper ... off and the second time it took me