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@charann2000 I was diagnosed with GCA w/ Temporal Arteritis 10 months ago and it has been...
had a three dose round of high dose Prednisone ... Since then I have been on Prednisone ... I am now tapering off of the Prednisone ... The Prednisone is being augmented by
I had a mild case to begin with and only hurt in my thighs and upper...
was right away and prescribed 10 mg. prednisone ... away immediately and I managed to taper ... off of it within a year--about .5 to
Posted: Mar 8 9:31am
@laurenand Thanks. Very pleased to hear your rheumatologist is aiming to get you off prednisone completely....
rheumatologist is aiming to get you off ... prednisone completely. ... Good luck with the tapering. ... achey and tired for about a week after tapering
Yes, Mike, I am off prednisone. I began taking it in April of last year when...
Yes, Mike, I am off prednisone. ... taking Rinvoq in June as I began my prednisone ... taper. ... Took my last mg of prednisone on or
@emrose If you start Rinvoq ... please let everyone know how it works. These newer medications...
who can't seem to taper off Prednisone ... Actemra allowed me to get off Prednisone ... I haven't needed any Prednisone ... more than a year to get completely off ... on Actemra alone -- I'm better off
@ronludington There are so many things that "contribute" to our overall pain levels. I think Actemra...
PMR when I was able to decrease my Prednisone ... have a PMR relapse when I lowered my Prednisone ... have residual pain after I stopped Prednisone ... has improved substantially since I tapered ... off prednisone.
Posted: Mar 6 8:47am
I had cataract surgery 3 months after I stopped KEVZARA. It worked well to reduce and...
It worked well to reduce and get off ... prednisone but I had numerous infections ... Worst case if you get off KEVZARA for ... you could have a few weeks back on prednisone ... There’s no tapering of the KEVZARA as
Posted: Mar 5 9:56pm
@pah17 I want to say thank-you for posting this topic. It triggered an interesting discussion. There...
There isn't any way to taper off ... superior to other ways to get off prednisone ... off prednisone. ... I still had residual pain when I tapered ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Mar 5 6:50pm
@jeff97 My uveitis flares were mostly unilateral. The majority of the flares were only in my...
Fortunately my eye responded to 100 mg of Prednisone ... and my ophthalmologist said to taper ... off as soon as I could because he didn ... continued to improve and I was able to taper ... off Prednisone again in a couple of
Posted: Mar 4 4:34pm
@randersonccc Just my opinion about Actemra along with some personal experience. Actemra is a "targeted" biologic...
insufficiency I had when I was coming off ... prednisone. ... That side effect from prednisone pops ... up on lower doses of prednisone and ... insufficiency can manifest during low-dose tapering
@cartersgirl2 Be careful as you get below 10mg. Remember percentages. 5 mg is fifty percent of...
then go slowly down to get off. ... good charts on this site for safe prednisone ... tapers for those on it a long time
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Posted: Feb 24 2:05pm
I had a lot of foot and ankle swelling in the hospital. It got worse after...
Swelling remained while on chemo, prednisone ... list, told me to get rid of this, taper ... off that and see what happens.
Discussion: Extreme swelling
Posted: 2 days ago
I'm sorry that you have joined the PMR club. I started on 60 mg. of Prednisone...
I started on 60 mg. of Prednisone in ... By the time my taper got me to 10 mg ... They helped me taper off of Prednisone
Discussion: Prednisone
Posted: 1 day ago
What a timely and valuable post. I was diagnosed with PMR in October but changed to...
I’ve been tapering and two weeks ago ... ’m also taking Rinvoq to help with tapering ... and anxiety go hand and hand with prednisone ... The goal post is way off in the future
Posted: 21 hours ago
@sharon44r You mentioned in an earlier post that you also have Hashimoto's. @lblauvel mentioned in another...
activity the previous day or possibly tapering ... helpful: -- How to Slowly and Safely Taper ... Off Prednisone but ... no set rules ... discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules
@cazwell50 I started taking Prednisone in July 2024, 60 mg./day for PMR/GCA. I started a slow...
@cazwell50 I started taking Prednisone ... I started a slow taper in September ... With the help of Actemra infusions, I tapered ... off of Prednisone in early November ... and tapering off, so I quit taking
@smj Happy Early birthday. I will be 80 in a few weeks and had a good...
Any discomfort while on prednisone was ... My prednisone roadblock came at not ... being able to taper past 8mg. ... Off Prednisone after 3.5 months and ... now off Kevzara after 11 months.
@thereselefever I tapered off prednisone on February 20… I had occasional itching with hives while on...
@thereselefever I tapered off prednisone ... us have some strange reactions to prednisone ... Glad you are doing better off of it!