you for suggesting an alternative to prednisone ... as much as we ALL wish I could get off ... without pain - unless I had big doses of Prednisone ... and then tapering down again was a big

I didn't want to take Prednisone ... I don't take Prednisone anymore. ... listening to them and I was able to get off ... the medication that enabled me to taper ... off prednisone was worse than prednisone

super helpful and gave me scripts of prednisone ... patients took over a year at 1mg to taper ... off. ... with PMR I spent the last six months tapering ... bumped it back up to half of what I tapered

I was tapering, was at 5 mg of prednisone ... Twenty months after getting off prednisone

experience is the pain you have during prednisone ... taper is less severe than what you ... Prednisone does an excellent job of ... contributes to pain and my ability to taper ... off of prednisone.

My previous rheumatologist had me taper ... The ultimate goal is to be off the prednisone

a person can't do a "fast taper ... Then I would taper by 5 or 10 mg every ... When everything went well, I was off ... off Prednisone. ... I shouldn't say "slow taper&

There is an alternative to Prednisone ... Patients are initially put on Prednisone ... and a taper is attempted..if it fails ... , Kevzara ia added, the Pred is tapered ... off, and the patient can remain on

7 years and I still can't get off ... Prednisone. ... I also am on the 5 mg. trying to taper ... Methotrexate since August to help wean off ... the Prednisone but have been unsuccessful

20cannot%20tolerate%20corticosteroid%20taper ... for Actemra was my being unable to taper ... off Prednisone and that all other alternatives ... I have been off Prednisone for 4 years ... It feels good to be off Prednisone.

which does require higher doses of prednisone ... infusion clinic.The hardest part was tapering ... down very slowly from the prednisone ... when on both drugs til you can get off ... prednisone.

impressed that you have been able to taper ... your prednisone dose because I am still ... ridiculous and inflammatory markers go off

At that point I had tapered from a high ... of 30 to 10 of prednisone. ... off prednisone without provoking adrenal ... I tapered from 10 to 5 at 1 per month ... therefore should not be treated with prednisone

There is no way I can do 40-60 mg prednisone ... saw an endocrinologist who helped me taper ... off prednisone after Actemra allowed ... me to decrease my prednisone. ... I have now been off Prednisone for close

never had a problem with a-fib but Prednisone ... I was unable to taper off prednisone ... Actemra got me off Prednisone but it ... I have been off Prednisone for almost ... Not only was I able to stop Prednisone

returned when I was down to about 2-3 mg prednisone ... At the moment, I'm off prednisone ... (tapered completely off almost 3 months

medications to build up and level off ... the MTX and HCQ build up, you are tapering ... the prednisone which is a good plan ... your doctor may have you bump up the prednisone ... modified to get you to the minimum prednisone

very long so I quickly tapered down ... rest of that visit was about how to taper ... off Prednisone. ... started, then it only took me a year to taper ... off Prednisone.

to me because she thought prednisone ... I did want prednisone for pain relief ... same was true whenever I tried to taper ... off Prednisone but I no longer need ... Prednisone.

I only used prednisone for both of my ... flare up took 3 and half years to taper ... off and six years later when it reared ... head it took me 1 and half years to taper ... off.