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@sharenb I have no medical training or background but my first occurrence of PMR took me...
over 3 years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone which was started ... about 1-1/2 years before I was able to taper
Posted: Sep 8, 2020
Good morning. PMR is anew diagnosis for me. I have had low back issues for a...
clinic and after a 7 day course of prednisone ... I have started a trial of prednisone ... with 40mg per day for 10 days and tapering
@johnbishop John, I was wondering at what point did your dosage change considerably during the 3.5...
and at what point did you start your taper ... this pain by going back up on the prednisone ... an attempt to "spare" the prednisone
Posted: Jul 25, 2020
@modens Just a thought but have you discussed the tapering down of the methyl prednisone with...
thought but have you discussed the tapering ... down of the methyl prednisone with ... of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and tapering ... I took 3+ years to taper off of prednisone ... the 1st time and 1-1/2 to taper off
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jul 24, 2020
@drtiminaz, It sounds like you have a pretty good plan for tapering off of prednisone and...
like you have a pretty good plan for tapering ... off of prednisone and it's going ... correct about being a side effect of the prednisone
Posted: Jul 6, 2020
Hello @kharquail, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect and thank you for helping your father. Not sure...
Prednisone does seem to be the drug ... Both were treated starting with 20 mg prednisone ... and instructions to taper off when ... off of prednisone. ... people struggle with weight gain from prednisone
Discussion: PMR Relapse
Posted: Jun 21, 2020
@ncgal, I don't think there is specific tapering schedule. Each person is affected differently with their...
don't think there is specific tapering ... about 3 years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone. ... Sometimes I did it on a weekly taper ... off of prednisone.
Hi Bill @charlie333, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I think all of us that have had...
can understand wanting to get off of prednisone ... but it took me a year and a half to taper ... off of prednisone. ... earlier and took me 3-1/2 years to taper ... off of prednisone.
@steelbh - I have moved your post here to this discussion @johnbishop recommended so that you...
I have been on prednisone before for ... some thoughts from their previous tapers ... off of prednisone. ... I always just followed a taper plan ... doctor suggested a schedule for the taper
Hello @gregp1, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @jules11. In addition...
great suggestion by @jules11 to try tapering ... to get a script for 1 mg and 2.5 mg prednisone ... tablets to help you taper by smaller ... Slow and steady does really help with tapering
I am a 65 year old female diagnosed with pmr in October of 2019 after suffering...
I was put on 20mg prednisone and have ... tapered down to 8mgs. ... I read in a book a new way to taper ... starting happening before I got on the prednisone ... or is this normal and I will be on prednisone