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The following video is my favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tYNlKpGzoA -------------------- There are some very slow tapering schemes that...
-------- There are some very slow tapering ... There is a point when people take prednisone ... longer than needed for PMR. ... the "average duration" of PMR ... a small sample size that suggested PMR
Posted: Oct 21, 2024
I forgot to mention that the first time my PMR was active it took me 3...
to mention that the first time my PMR ... active it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone and the last six ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg prednisone
Posted: Oct 20, 2024
I didn't understand the complexity of getting off Prednisone until someone who had an adrenal crisis...
12 years to treat PMR. ... it more difficult to taper off prednisone ... The biologic was used to keep PMR in ... check while I tapered my prednisone ... no matter how slowly I tapered my prednisone
Posted: Oct 19, 2024
For about 20 years, all I knew was to start with 60 mg of Prednisone and...
and do a fast taper for 30+ flares ... I didn't have any difficulty tapering ... PMR was diagnosed at the age of 52 but ... After PMR was diagnosed, I was told ... I wasn't able to taper off Prednisone
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Oct 12, 2024
Well, my third attempt at tapering didn't end well, same as the first two. I went...
Well, my third attempt at tapering didn ... When this happened on my first taper ... Now here I am post Taper #3, back at ... The thing is that it seems to me my PMR ... that they're contraindicated for Prednisone
Posted: Oct 5, 2024
I’d love to try a biologic to get off prednisone but until I get a specialist...
love to try a biologic to get off prednisone ... I’m tapering off prednisone presently ... now of very little exercise due to PMR
Posted: Oct 4, 2024
I had a great response from Actemra. My first dose was on January 1st, 2019. It...
;t seem any less but I was able to taper ... weren't anything like my original PMR ... She said there was no need to taper ... I did a fast taper anyway over a week ... to both adrenal insufficiency and PMR
My Rheum tells me that the inflammation and pain from PMR is NOT a sign of...
that the inflammation and pain from PMR ... damage occuring in the body and that Prednisone ... will do me more harm than the PMR. ... immunosuppressive medication to replace Prednisone ... I have read a number of research papers
I have been on Prednisone since January of 2023. After 2 failed attempts in tapering off...
After 2 failed attempts in tapering ... to 3 mg Prednisone. ... In previous attempts to taper, once ... I'm currently tapering at 1 mg/two ... and I feel the best I have since the PMR
Posted: Sep 25, 2024
@dadcue @tuckerp OMG, you guys read my mind, lol. I was just thinking of what I...
got “bumped” up to a “respiratory “taper ... of prednisone for this stubborn case ... They wanted to do a 60/40/20mg taper ... of 9 days (temp. dc’d my 7.5 mg for PMR ... feel a little more like my “normal” PMR
Posted: Sep 25, 2024
Hi @dadcue! You asked "Did anyone ever tell you that your taper was too fast?" The...
Did anyone ever tell you that your taper ... UK, and when I posted the six month tapering ... and it turned out that I was able to taper ... was over 6 weeks after my initial PMR ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Sep 19, 2024
Your treatment sounds unconventional to me. Maybe read this new post. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-and-prednisone/?pg=1#comment-1143766 ---------------------------- or the following:...
/connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-and-prednisone ... patients seemed to achieve remission of PMR ... A slow tapering of the prednisone, less ... Once prednisone is tapered to 10 mg/ ... day, a further slow taper by 1 mg every
Posted: Sep 19, 2024
No floaters but my vision has been blurry and eyes horribly filled with blood like pinkeye...
years now and they got worse after PMR ... and Prednisone. ... debilitating effects of trying to taper ... off Prednisone, I'm pretty bummed
Posted: Sep 17, 2024
It was similar for me. A six month odyssey of worse and worse muscle pain made...
My primary doc suspected PMR, but my ... I started a trial of prednisone (20 ... the markers are limited and if the prednisone ... I tried to taper twice and ignored the ... I went back up and started the tapering
Posted: Sep 15, 2024
I was diagnosed with RA yesterday after an initial diagnosis of PMR. Was tapering off of...
yesterday after an initial diagnosis of PMR ... Was tapering off of Prednisone but symptoms ... Restarting Prednisone at 20 mg and adding
At 3.5, (tapering 0.5 per month) I had several periods of level 3 to 4 pain...
At 3.5, (tapering 0.5 per month) I had ... Rather than think about increasing prednisone ... are not supposed to mix NSAIDS with prednisone ... better ways other than increasing prednisone ... to deal with non-PMR inflammation.
You might also be interested in these related discussions in the PMR support group: - PMR...
/ - Flareups, Prednisone, Tapering ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/flareups-prednisone-tapering ... / - When and How to Taper Prednisone ... / - Any Tips For Tapering Off Prednisone ... search=tapering%20prednisone&index
Posted: Sep 4, 2024
@michwest, It did help me the second time around with PMR and I was able to...
help me the second time around with PMR ... and I was able to taper off of prednisone ... and half years the first time with PMR ... of the comments searching with "PMR ... search=PMR+%2Binflammatory+diet.
I learned one of my early lessons on steroids from my wife. She has GBM. Brain...
Then they needed her to taper off to ... which is about the equivalent of 5.5 prednisone ... I ended up with PMR she did not have ... having to deal with cancer and the PMR
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
@tapamil65 Hello and welcome to the PMR group! I agree that this forum is a wealth...
tapamil65 Hello and welcome to the PMR ... solution to yours and my problems with prednisone ... tapering. ... are having difficulties getting off prednisone ... Wishing you good luck on your PMR journey
Posted: Aug 27, 2024