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Hello @jerseyjames . Like you, my CRP and sed rate numbers are in the normal range!...
rheumotologist has me on 15 mg. daily of prednisone ... (I have been on varying doses of prednisone ... few months he has also prescribed methotrexate ... Anyway, if you haven't tried methotrexate
Hi, Being a medical nightmare my entire life, I do not know why I thought senior...
Methotrexate helped with the RA but ... leflunomide 200 mg Plaquenil, and 5mg prednisone ... We attempted to do a prednisone wean ... With the prednisone and all the inhalers
I was taking Methotrexate for two months and it had no affect whatsoever and my kidney...
I was taking Methotrexate for two months ... Prednisone seems to be the only medicine
Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old
Posted: Sep 16, 2020
I guess I was lucky to have had excellent quick diagnosis and care, and no symptoms...
symptoms or side effects from the Prednisone ... two hours, was completely off the Prednisone ... and Methotrexate last June 1st, and
Hi @susieflamilngo -- Have you discussed the use of Leflunomide and Methotrexate along with prednisone with...
discussed the use of Leflunomide and Methotrexate ... along with prednisone with your doctor ... I have only used prednisone for my PMR ... The first time around when I was on prednisone
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: May 26, 2019
Thank you for reply. I started at 20 ml predinone and slowly Tapered for a year...
Leflunomide OR Methotrexate are the ... arthritis md to Gradually taper from the prednisone
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: May 26, 2019
Hi, @barry51 I’m sorry to hear about your autoimmune disease. Sure puts a kink in getting...
I would suggest that you take the methotrexate ... twice a year and hope to taper off prednisone ... Long-term prednisone has its own problems ... discussion with your doctor about methotrexate
Hello @gll104, welcome to Connect. I have no medical training or background but I have had...
rheumatologist started me on 20 mg of prednisone ... disease and some never get off of prednisone ... I think methotrexate is used for PMR
15 mg once weekly. Am tapering prednisone by 2.5 but the next drop will be after...
Am tapering prednisone by 2.5 but the ... Once off prednisone, hopefully can start ... tapering methotrexate. ... Needed a 3 day dose of prednisone at
Posted: Mar 4, 2019
I started having all over body pain about a year ago. Started with rheumatologist local clinic,...
the die so they had me take 30 mg of predisone ... afternoon I had an additional 30 mg of predisone ... They started me on 20 mg/day predisone ... back to 10 mg/day and add 12.5 mg methotrexate ... I then started decreasing the predisone
PMR often coexists with GCA. I have not been able to find another person with GCA...
Put on 60 mg prednisone for 3 months ... with methotrexate added after 6 weeks ... Slowly reduced prednisone, down to 4 ... milligrams by last spring, still on methotrexate ... I would prefer to just up the prednisone
Apparently it takes a year to find out if the prednisone treatment works. I started in...
it takes a year to find out if the prednisone ... I was also put on methotrexate to combat ... Started prednisone at 40 mg.
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: Jan 6, 2017