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Kevzara might be worth a try for "relapsing PMR" Kevzara won't work immediately so prednisone might...
Kevzara won't work immediately so prednisone ... any luck, Kevzara will allow you to taper ... off Prednisone more quickly than you
Posted: May 14, 2024
Hi @stevieb, I had symptoms of PMR and GCA about a year and a half before...
positive for GCA, I started with 40 mg prednisone ... and tapered off it after a year and ... Now I'm back on 40 mg prednisone
@dadcue That is very good to know about Actemra becoming more effective to help tapering after...
Actemra becoming more effective to help tapering ... they've been good, so she's tapered ... actually lost weight since being on prednisone
Posted: May 5, 2024
I'm happy you are digging into this topic. People have a tendency to hear what they...
know what would happen to me if I tapered ... off prednisone after taking it for ... My endocrinologist said if I tapered ... prednisone if I felt the need. ... to find out what would happen if I tapered
Posted: May 5, 2024
Until PMR was diagnosed, I had no problem tapering off prednisone … sometimes from 100 mg...
PMR was diagnosed, I had no problem tapering ... off prednisone … sometimes from 100 ... into remission with a high dose of prednisone ... followed by a fast taper. ... I couldn’t taper off prednisone for
Posted: Apr 26, 2024
Hi zeerj, happy to share my experience. About 6-7 weeks after three sittings of SBRT I...
Then they put me on Prednizone 40mg ... tapering every 2 weeks (40mg, 30mg, ... prescribed Bactrim to take with the Prednisone ... Since I ended the Prednisone I have
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Apr 23, 2024
Hello, I was wondering if you could share your experience with the radiation one pneumonitis. I...
up when I get to the lower dose of prednisone ... pulmonologist decided to do longer tapering ... I’m at the point where I’m tapering ... antibiotics even after I’m done with prednisone
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Apr 23, 2024
Glad you are having no side effects thus far and hope you wind up with none....
As far as tapering, do get guidance ... Your formula is similar to my first taper ... and stopping reacted in 3 days of no prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Apr 15, 2024
Welcome @joycj, We husbands definitely need an encourager. Good for you for helping your husband with...
for helping your husband with his tapering ... down on the prednisone. ... 1/2 mg until I was finally able to taper ... Mainly to see if I could the tapering
@glinda47 Thank you! We got his inflammation levels back today (CRP and ESR) and they are...
helping him and pray we can get him off prednisone ... on 80 mg starting late Feb and has tapered ... weeks now and will continue with the prednisone ... taper.
I'm doing monthly infusions of Actemra (tocilizumab) for refractory PMR. Actemra is FDA approved for GCA...
I was able to taper off prednisone. ... I have been prednisone free for 2 years ... I was on prednisone for 12 years and ... I was unable to taper off prednisone ... rheumatologist didn't want me to be on prednisone
Posted: Apr 6, 2024
Hi @charlotte61 and @nancy53, don't be to scared about GCA, but be on the alert for...
We received high doses of prednisone ... , tapered and went into remission, with ... it was diagnosed before I went on prednisone
Posted: Mar 22, 2024
" I did have blood work yesterday when I called for the appointment and she said...
Later as i was tapering from around ... this is part of the pain(s) of the prednisone ... hip girdle in PMR" and also the paper
Posted: Mar 19, 2024