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I have the same issues with the shoulders . Things were fair at 20 mg but...
20 mg but got worse when I recently tapered ... to 15 mg prednisone. ... Did you recently start a taper?
I have seen lots of posts where MTX did not work. Its an RA drug being...
keep your CRP down while trying to taper ... Below about 5mg of prednisone is going ... to still require a very slow taper
Posted: Oct 25 11:49am
I appreciate how you are feeling but am thankful they have identified EGPA which does require...
which does require higher doses of prednisone ... infusion clinic.The hardest part was tapering ... down very slowly from the prednisone ... on both drugs til you can get off prednisone ... I had 12 years of up and down with prednisone
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Posted: Nov 12 7:00am
There is an alternative to Prednisone now! It's Kevzara. Patients are initially put on Prednisone and...
There is an alternative to Prednisone ... Patients are initially put on Prednisone ... and a taper is attempted..if it fails ... , Kevzara ia added, the Pred is tapered ... different inflammation pathway than Prednisone
Posted: Nov 9 7:13am
My blood tests are never consistent with showing PMR. This has been going on for 7...
years and I still can't get off Prednisone ... I also am on the 5 mg. trying to taper ... since August to help wean off the Prednisone
Posted: Nov 11 9:06am
Kevzara is now an option for me since it was FDA approved for PMR in February...
20cannot%20tolerate%20corticosteroid%20taper ... for Actemra was my being unable to taper ... to Prednisone had failed. ... I took Prednisone for 12 years. ... It feels good to be off Prednisone.
Posted: Nov 11 11:17am
Thank-you for saying that. I think I'm doing "reasonably well" but I wouldn't go so far...
#39;t anything that can be done for Prednisone ... I have been off Prednisone for more ... uveitis resurfaced almost as soon as I tapered ... off Prednisone the first time. ... I needed 15 mg of Prednisone again along
Posted: Sep 26 8:20am
Let me clarify. Once totally off the prednisone, there can be some pain. . At that...
Once totally off the prednisone, there ... to help relieve the pain from total prednisone ... No, do not mix NSAID’s with prednisone ... while tapering..
Posted: Sep 26 3:09am
A prednisone flare and a PMR flare are almost identical in pain. I generally think most...
A prednisone flare and a PMR flare are ... generally think most everyone has a prednisone ... My thought its a prednisone flare from ... Then the only solution is to taper very
Posted: Sep 28 10:53am
I don't have any experience with Kevzara. I have taken Actemra for PMR for a long...
that it took me about 6 months to taper ... how soon you may be able to taper off ... She said no tapering was necessary from ... I did a fast taper from 3 mg to zero ... I understand your reluctance to taper
Posted: Oct 2 11:27am
It's amazing that you tapered that fast. I don't see an endocrinologist, so I don't know...
It's amazing that you tapered that ... Or I could just taper to 2 mg, then ... Just stopping the prednisone scares ... She also wants me to taper my Kevzara
Posted: Oct 21 11:13am
Addendum: The following excerpt are the words of a true expert on the subject. She told...
"With more than 10 years of prednisone ... would surmise that the possibility of prednisone ... tapering would be fraught with disappointment ... The fact that you have been on prednisone ... You need to remember that Prednisone
Posted: Oct 19 7:23am
According to this source, it is "unlikely" for PMR to "convert" to RA. "Can polymyalgia rheumatica...
disorders responded well to high dose prednisone ... followed by a fast taper. ... A fast response to Prednisone isn&#39 ... However, PMR should respond quickly to Prednisone
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Sep 24 11:21am
Sorry to hear the fingers are involved. Hoping you get some answers at your follow up...
awful and took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone with the last six ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg of prednisone
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Sep 24 7:58am
I think beta blockers like metoprolol mostly block the effect of adrenaline rather than decrease the...
that is a side effect of prolonged Prednisone ... effect on our cortisol level after Prednisone ... Now I'm off Prednisone and I don ... cortisol level was too low when I was tapering ... off of Prednisone.