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You should read up on cortisol circadian rhythm. After about 2 weeks prednisone is making your...
After about 2 weeks prednisone is making ... Thats why it takes a taper to get off ... prednisone. ... It takes the prednisone several hours ... could try a split dose or taking your prednisone
Posted: Sep 2, 2024
I dont know any of your particulars. But for my own case it seems the 10mg...
I had found 10mg was the lest Prednisone ... There would be no sense in trying to taper ... I think when your having trouble tapering
Posted: Aug 31, 2024
I would be interested in what a UK doctor tells a newly diagnosed PMR patient. Is...
approach is to encourage patients to taper ... off prednisone as soon as possible. ... There doesn't seem to be any tapering ... I didn't have any success tapering ... It only took me a year to taper off
Discussion: newly diagnosed
Posted: Aug 30, 2024
Hi Lily, This sure sounds familiar. I had immediate onset of PMR after knee replacement. Family...
Family doctor put me on 20mg prednisone ... GCA and blindness so took 60 mg. prednisone ... trouble sleeping…all the side effects of prednisone ... not have a biopsy since starting the prednisone ... this rheumatologist is she didn’t taper
@hopeinal Hello, so sorry you are having this problem with prednisone tapering! Maybe your doctor needs...
sorry you are having this problem with prednisone ... tapering! ... does seem to help patients wean off prednisone
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
Did you ever get flares of uveitis along with the flares of reactive arthritis? After I...
ophthalmologist always prescribed 60 - 100 mg of prednisone ... I didn't know all the Prednisone ... I was always able to taper off Prednisone ... diagnosed, it took me 12 years to taper ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Aug 26, 2024
@yertondg I posted a video about the "gold standard" for tapering off prednisone for the treatment...
about the "gold standard" for tapering ... that there is NO gold standard for tapering ... Actemra (tocilizumab) allowed me to taper ... might have only taken me 3 months to taper ... 20may%20help%20relieve%20signs,a%20tapering
I had a similar experience with Actemra (tocilizumab). I was skeptical that Actemra would work so...
that Actemra would work so I only tapered ... Being a skeptic, I decided to taper ... I tapered by 1 mg per week from 7 mg ... I tapered off Prednisone a second time ... The second time I tapered off Prednisone
Posted: Aug 19, 2024
I just turned 72 but had great skin until I started Prednisone almost 2 years ago....
but had great skin until I started Prednisone ... I've managed to taper down to 6 ... coincidence, I'm sure it's the Prednisone
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Posted: Aug 15, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 months ago. My first assigned prednisone dosage was too...
My first assigned prednisone dosage ... breakfast and dinner), with a more gradual taper ... (7.5/7.5), with a slower taper when ... I'm currently on Day 6 without prednisone ... have worked as far as getting me off prednisone
Posted: Aug 15, 2024
Can you tell me about the cloudiness on your lungs? I’ve been dealing with that for...
It was a cycle of on prednisone, taper ... Staying off prednisone for now as I ... waiting to remove them due to the prednisone
Yes, I agree! Prednisone gave me my life back. I was so miserable and debilitated from...
Prednisone gave me my life back. ... Next Monday I'll taper to 8 mg daily ... the other times I've tried to taper ... against what my doctor told me and the taper
Posted: Aug 9, 2024
I’ve had the same experience as retireddoc. Two years on Lupron/Eligard (3 month shots) along with...
along with Zytiga (Abiraterone) and Prednisone ... My family doc thought it was prednisone ... withdrawal and put me on a very gradual tapering
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Posted: Aug 4, 2024
I would like to know what the latest science says. If the recommendations only say to...
If the recommendations only say to taper ... I think a faster taper is possible with ... off Prednisone. ... However tapering from 10 mg to zero ... without tapering if I wished.
Posted: Aug 4, 2024
@DadCue Your experience mirrors my own. I began 15 mg of Prednisone on April 15th, prescribed...
I began 15 mg of Prednisone on April ... numerous negative side effects of prednisone ... do not have to resume any levels of Prednisone ... it was recommended that I take my prednisone ... When I originally started on 15 mg of prednisone
Posted: Aug 4, 2024
I was unaware that Prednisone could be taken as a maintenance drug. Wow! Wonderful! I'm on...
I was unaware that Prednisone could ... I'm on a taper right now and I know ... For what disease in particular is Prednisone
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Posted: Aug 4, 2024
I've been on this group 2 1/2 years and it has been so helpful. At the...
their rheumatologist, what dose of prednisone ... they were on, how fast they were tapering
Posted: Aug 2, 2024