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Welcome @mountainbikergirl, That's a good question but I'm not sure there is a clear answer. I...
I do think that tapering off of prednisone ... second time took 1 and half years to taper ... track his level of pain and dose of prednisone
Posted: Oct 6, 2023
I am on Kevzara, too, starting in April, soon after I was diagnosed and started on...
after I was diagnosed and started on prednisone ... Now I am starting to taper off from ... on 8 and I think will try a slower taper
Posted: Oct 6, 2023
From my personal experience with PMR, no 6 day dose would get rid of it. First...
me 3 and 1/2 years before I could taper ... off of prednisone and be pain free ... me 1 and half years before I could taper
I was diagnosed with PMR in May and Dr started me on 20 mg of prednisone...
May and Dr started me on 20 mg of prednisone ... We then began a very slow taper. ... I am now taking 8mg and tapering 1mg ... Of course I don’t want to be on prednisone ... forever but, so far, the slow steady taper
It is a nasty drug. So sorry. WhenI was diagnosed with ANCA Vasculitis -Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis,...
Polyangiitis, I was only on 60 mg of Prednisone ... for 2 weeks before starting to taper ... Rheumatologist isn't trying to get you off Prednisone
My last two attempts at tapering when below 5 mg ignited a swollen painful hands response....
My last two attempts at tapering when ... I went back up to 10 mg, probably tapered ... to 5mg but I followed the Dr's tapering ... I'm attempting to taper .5 mg every ... rash from pmr or as a response to prednisone
Posted: Sep 22, 2023
Hello @edinnola, Welcome to Connect. I'm really sorry to hear that you've joined the PMR club....
connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages/ --- Tapering ... /discussion/prednisone/. ... Although I never split my dose of prednisone ... told me to listen to my body when taper ... to the next lower level and only taper
Posted: Sep 21, 2023
Ugh! that is what I was afraid of, making it worse, and causing a longer time...
worse, and causing a longer time on Prednisone ... a dosage for two months while on a taper
Posted: Sep 20, 2023
Hi @jj8431, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear you are having the extreme sweating side effects...
extreme sweating side effects from prednisone ... occurrences of PMR, I just took my days prednisone ... daily log with my levels of pain and prednisone ... 2 to 3 on my scale, I wouldn't taper ... I was started on 20 mg prednisone for
Posted: Sep 15, 2023
Hi, Just to add to the confusion. When I was diagnosed in May 2023 I started...
She then upped my prednisone to 30mg ... without pain during several months of tapering ... No side effects so far from prednisone ... My goal is to get off the prednisone ... Right now I am tapering 1mg per month
It took over 4 months to diagnose my PMR. I could barely walk. I was so...
my PMR and started me on 15 mg of prednisone ... it for 4 months, than began a slow taper ... The prednisone was not fun, and I developed ... Even with that, the prednisone was so
Hi apb, You are not alone! I was diagnosed with TTP in 2009. The cause is...
am treated with plasma pheresis and prednisone ... (80 mg then eventually taper off). ... 18,2022 I didn’t receive Rituximab, just Prednisone ... The prednisone contributes to higher
Posted: Sep 6, 2023
Kevzara (sarilumab) is FDA approved for PMR Actemra (tocilizumab) is FDA approved for GCA Both of...
considered when a patient is unable to taper ... down to a lower dose of prednisone. ... when a patient has serious side from prednisone ... If you have been on higher doses of prednisone ... and have side effects from prednisone
Hi @chzuck, I've had two occurrences of PMR. Starting at 20mg prednisone for both. I always...
Starting at 20mg prednisone for both ... I also only tapered when my pain level ... time it took 3 and a half years to taper ... years later took 1 and a half years to taper ... pain in the morning and the dose of prednisone
Posted: Aug 23, 2023