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Thanks for the info about alternatives to prednisone. Hopefully, my tapering will go as planned because...
for the info about alternatives to prednisone ... Hopefully, my tapering will go as planned ... because I, too, want very badly to get off ... the prednisone.
@ckomis, It sounds like your transplanted kidney is doing well, but your quality of living has...
I had been taking prednisone along with ... However after I was tapered off the ... prednisone, I began to experience sob ... asthma that became active after getting off ... prednisone.
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Jan 25 8:03am
Prednisone also made me feel worse the longer I took it. For me, feeling worse on...
t start to feel better until I got off ... Prednisone. ... dose I need to take and how slow my taper ... else that works so you so can get off ... Prednisone someday.
Posted: Jan 28 11:16am
Thanks Jeff, I started at 20mg in December and tapered to my current dose of 12.5....
I started at 20mg in December and tapered ... My goal has been to get off prednisone
Discussion: Possible GCA
Posted: Feb 18 2:37pm
Hello @yubigood, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @dlydailyhope and others....
. -- How to Slowly and Safely Taper ... Off Prednisone but ... no set rules ... discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules
Has anyone had experience with purchasing LDN through AgelessRx? I just applied for it through them....
it, because I was on Leflunomide to taper ... off prednisone, but had to stop due ... I really don't want to up my prednisone
Posted: May 13 1:21pm
I have been suffering for approximately one year with disabling pain in shoulders/arms and hips/thighs. At...
under the sun and really nothing was off ... I am doing a burst and taper of Prednisone ... After I taper I will try other non-corticosteroids ... I am on Day 3 of prednisone and have
Discussion: miss diagnosed???
Posted: May 5 11:30am
I am 62 years old I was diagnosed with PMR in August of 2023. Started on...
Started on 20 mg of prednisone. ... Was told to try to taper off the prednisone ... Currently down to 2 1/2 mg prednisone ... but am gutting it out to try to get off ... of prednisone all together .
Posted: May 16 6:49am
Welcome @cherylpeg, Sorry to hear you have been diagnosed with this nasty condition. It pays to...
can about how to cope with PMR and taper ... and Safely Taper Off Prednisone but ... discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules ... One of the things that helped me taper ... off of prednisone was keeping a daily
Posted: May 9 7:18am
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
"My last failure was at 7 mg—so close, yet so far." --------------- I used to think...
off prednisone. ... I started asking myself why prednisone ... following report I started to realize prednisone ... www.healio.com/news/rheumatology/20190405/prednisone-tapering-fails-in-most-patients-with-giant-cell-arteritis ... success and even whether or not taking Prednisone
Welcome @janettec, Sorry to hear you are having difficulty tapering off of prednisone with your PMR....
to hear you are having difficulty tapering ... off of prednisone with your PMR. ... following discussions helpful: -- Tapering ... off of Prednisone: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/prednisone/ -- PMR Dosages
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