12 years and wasn't able to taper ... different but I sure was able to easily taper ... It took me a year to taper off prednisone ... You might not be able to taper off prednisone ... personally didn't need methotrexate to taper

comment that i highlighted from this paper ... #34; When discussing glucocorticoid taper ... take your lower and lower doses of Prednisone ... focused into the difficulties that prednsione ... tapering could present for the plan

Congrats on getting off prednisone! ... From my understanding is that after tapering

Hi @joan7, weaning off of prednisone ... Prednisone: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/when-and-how-to-taper-prednisone ... did you cope with the side effects tapering ... off prednisone?

reason for a vague warning about not tapering ... insufficiency can happen though if you taper ... Actemra prevented flares of PMR while I tapered ... cortisol level improved and I was able to taper ... It sounds like you have tapered slowly

doses around 20mg and can quickly taper ... Type B need to taper a lot more slowly ... Type C will generally be on Prednisone ... symptoms can crop up at any time during Prednisone ... tapering.

problems are a known side effect of prednisone ... That's why they say prednisone should ... Some people get gastric problems from prednisone ... It may not be connected to tapering.

struggling with symptoms, and many prednisone ... tapers, I finally found a rhumatologist ... I will be on a long slow taper and hope ... and possibly a biologic to spare the prednisone

Whether it is prednisone withdrawal ... really is hard to determine when we taper ... Prednisone withdrawal symptoms are caused ... I believe the difficulty in tapering ... our prednisone dose below 7 mg is a

How much prednisone? ... My idiopathic SFN is also prednisone-responsive ... infrequent, brief burst (50 mg/day tapering

From that point it was a slow taper. ... cataracts that are age related no prednisone ... inflammation will not go away without prednisone ... Expect some fatigue later in the tapering

with my first megadose (1000 mg of Prednisone ... for 8 months, did a verrryyy slow taper

any blood tests he put me on 10 mg prednisone ... I tapered down to 0 mg prednisone (P

who encourages "long term" prednisone ... My rheumatologist wanted me off prednisone ... She encouraged me to taper off and tried ... everything she could think of to help me to taper ... The advice to taper slowly was given

I'm currently taking 10mg of Prednisone ... illnesses and still taking 10mg daily Prednisone ... Prednisone helped relieve pain dramatically ... but I can't taper off it at this ... respect, I will take Methotrexate, Prednisone

I was on 60 mg/day of Prednisone due ... simultaneously with starting a 6-month taper ... of the Prednisone, and have been completely ... off Prednisone since October 2023. ... of immune system suppression which Prednisone

diagnosed late September, started prednisone ... 20, had to bump to 30, started tapering ... -5 every two weeks, now at 9 and tapering ... treating PMR, and the task is to get off prednisone ... Apparently need to avoid NSAIDS while on prednisone

normal since my first 15 mg dose of prednisone ... started noticing pain returning when I tapered ... I’ve continued to taper but pain has

Just about everybody starts with the prednisone ... Then the goal is to taper down the pred ... Some people are able to taper better ... methotrexate to the pred and I was able to taper ... still take the methotrexate as well as prednisone

I think a prednisone burst for RA is ... okay as long as you are able to taper ... Prednisone puts out the "flame&#34 ... and tapering off in a couple of weeks ... and I tapered off quickly.