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Hi zaa, A higher dosage of prednisone is needed to manage GCA. I wqas put up...
Hi zaa, A higher dosage of prednisone ... I'm on a tapering schedule - down ... grateful for the higher dosage of the prednisone
I have also been on prednisone for three years for Polymyalgia Rheumatica. The side effects are...
I have also been on prednisone for three ... I recently tapered off completely at ... surgery and they don’t want me on prednisone ... have experienced in ten years from prednisone
Hi zaa, A couple of days following a minor ankle injury, I had severe pain and...
Started on 10 mg of prednisone, but ... I was started on 40 mg. prednisone, ... tapering down by 5 mg every two weeks
Posted: Jul 4, 2021
Welcome, Floridabonnie. You may have noticed that I moved your message to this discussion with introductions...
Bonnie, you mention tapering off prednisone ... interested in these discussions: - Tapering ... PMR pain while decreasing prednisone ... discussions about different aspects of tapering ... off prednisone, so be sure to browse
Hello @123suew, What kind of a tapering schedule are you using weekly, bi-monthly, monthly? How much...
Hello @123suew, What kind of a tapering ... prescribed 2.5 mg and 1 mg tablets of prednisone ... The prednisone usually keep me at 2 ... I took 3 years tapering off of prednisone ... until I could finally stop taking prednisone
Posted: Jun 20, 2021
@scpartain - Can you discuss increasing the dosage with your doctor/rheumatologist? From what I've read and...
PMR, the standard starting dose of prednisone ... pain fairly quickly after taking the prednisone ... starts coming back when you start tapering ... different when it comes to pain and tapering ... off of prednisone.
Hello @arribasally, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. One of the big problems a lot of us...
are diagnosed with PMR is trying to taper ... off of the prednisone too quickly. ... different but the name of the game when tapering ... off of prednisone is to listen to your ... rheumatologist suggest a specific tapering
Hi Steve @josteman, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. My PMR is currently in remission and I've...
hear you haven't been able to taper ... off of prednisone for 6 years. ... lasted 3-1/2 years before I could taper ... out of remission and I was back on prednisone