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Something that Mike @ dadcue said to me when I first joined this group, and I...
and my thoughts, not exactly his) Prednisone ... The pain felt during or after tapering ... off Predsisone may not be PMR, but ... because it wasn’t too severe and the Prednisone ... associated with adrenal function, age, Prednisone
Posted: Feb 24 12:22pm
@csimmonds The dialog happened before I was a member of this forum and it didn't happen...
I was struggling to find a way to taper ... off prednisone. ... wasn't going to try anymore to taper ... message compelled me to keep trying to taper ... speak to everyone who struggles to taper
Posted: Feb 28 11:55am
@pah17 Because I had an emergency where I was losing the vision in my left eye...
After that I was on 60 mg prednisone ... It took a year for me to taper off of ... prednisone, but I'm still taking ... The prednisone protects you during that ... Then your doctor can prescribe a taper
Posted: Mar 1 10:59am
@prestol "My question is: wouldn’t my adrenals have slowly recovered once I got below 5 mg?...
I did a long slow taper." ----- ... PMR and automatically increase your prednisone ... contend with that also respond to Prednisone ... to think all pain that responds to Prednisone ... I was told to stay on 3 mg of prednisone
Posted: Mar 3 1:37pm
Started my Prensinne journey Nov 2022, 40 mg daily to quiet symptoms. I was very active...
Last week I took my last 1 mg of prednisone ... advice on this blog and began serious tapering ... PMR gone, Prednisone stopped, so at
Posted: Feb 19 10:33am
I agree that you probably tapered too soon after starting Kevzara, and your prednisone dose is...
I agree that you probably tapered too ... soon after starting Kevzara, and your prednisone ... treat GCA and PMR, I was at 60 mg of prednisone ... strength I was still taking high doses of prednisone ... be the right time for you to start tapering
Posted: Mar 5 4:49pm
I am relatively new to PMR. Diagnosed finally in May 2025 after suffering for 6 months,...
immediate relief upon taking 15 mg prednisone ... that some pain was inevitable and tapered ... of being pain free I have tried to taper
Posted: Mar 5 11:01pm
I was diagnosed with PMR in March 2022. In December 2025 (symptom-free and. prednisone-free for 14...
In December 2025 (symptom-free and. prednisone-free ... mg (normal weight 115 lbs) and have tapered ... still feeling common side effects of prednisone ... anyone taking medication other than prednisone ... When I was previously taking prednisone
@dadcue Hi Mike, I have been on prednisone for PMR and trying to taper. I am...
@dadcue Hi Mike, I have been on prednisone ... for PMR and trying to taper. ... that you were able to come off the prednisone
Posted: Mar 5 3:28pm
I am wondering if anyone who has had PMR for a long time and has been...
long time and has been on and off prednisone ... (P) as I have, has gotten off prednisone ... I have been on and off prednisone for ... I tapered down to 2.5 with no problems
@gippy I would agree that at least the first time it is worth it to try...
to try to get completely off of the prednisone ... to 1mg means you are cutting your prednisone ... If you are good with that taper you ... Remember that tapering is more about
I am on 10mg predisone twice a day. Today was told to taper off to 15...
I am on 10mg predisone twice a day. ... Today was told to taper off to 15 mg ... going to gradually get me off the prednisone
The short answer is yes. The rather long story is as follows: I'm a retired ER...
explaining why, and she agreed to do a prednisone ... I stayed on 20mg for a month, then tapered ... I've now been off prednisone for ... ;ve had an easier time getting off prednisone
I was diagnosed with PMR in Dec2020, tested negative for Covid, but then got sicker and...
I took prednisone for Covid an immediately ... I had to stay on prednisone, it was ... tapered gradually but after about 2.5years ... patients received Rituximab 1000mg and tapering ... prednisone, and 50% patients went into
Thanks for your reply and understanding cmi. I feel like I am at the point where...
as costochondritis and treated with tapering ... doses of Prednisone which seemed to ... put me on the next (3rd) round of tapering ... Prednisone to be followed up with starting ... In the middle of the round of prednisone
@abbeyc Wow ... I need to think about that because I took Prednisone for 12 years...
the interventions started before I tapered ... off Prednisone. ... eventual controlled PMR and I was able to taper ... my prednisone dose down to 3 mg. ... After I tapered off Prednisone my cholesterol
Posted: Dec 17, 2025