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I have read that some people feel about 70 percent better after beginning treatment with prednisone....
better after beginning treatment with prednisone ... temporal arteritis, they can manage your prednisone ... prescription and tell you how and when to taper ... to look for problems caused by the prednisone
What does your doctor recommend? You are fortunate to be able to taper from 20 mg...
You are fortunate to be able to taper ... I always admire people who can taper ... It took me close to 13 years to taper ... off Prednisone for the treatment of ... After many failed attempts to taper
Posted: Jan 12 3:05pm
Great to hear your husband is doing better @joycj. It really helps to have a special...
. -- 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
Posted: Jan 17 7:38am
@jeanne5009, My friends have told me that I know more about the inside working of my...
Diagnosed as asthma possibly related to tapering ... off long term prednisone) After pulmonolgist
Support Group: Liver Diseases
Posted: Mar 18, 2019
"I also think there was a Connect member ( maybe there are many others here?) who...
who was /are using a rapid taper.&#34 ... ; ---------------------- How to taper ... off prednisone when treating PMR is ... " was more important than tapering ... off prednisone quickly.
Posted: Jan 11 9:23pm
I wrote my symptoms on Google and came back with PMR. I could not even remove...
to be more effective than ordinary prednisone ... have no PMR symptoms since my 1st taper
Posted: Jan 10 10:41am
Dear Deb, I'm truly sorry to hear about the challenges you're facing with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR),...
Prednisone Dosage and Consistency ... inflammation, followed by a gradual tapering ... Managing Diabetes While on Prednisone ... Prednisone can indeed elevate blood ... to establish a clear and consistent prednisone
Posted: Apr 4 7:36pm
Everyone is so different that question would be hard to answer. Severity of the disease, Length...
Prednisone can have life long side effects ... The prednisone acts very quickly. ... down production of cortisol since the prednisone ... Slow the taper.
Posted: Apr 1 10:58am
My husbands treatment was Prednisone and mycophenolate also. He is not on any treatment now. He...
My husbands treatment was Prednisone ... He was started with 70mg of Prednisone ... which was tapered down by 10mg eac ... He continued on the Prednisone taper ... His A1C got high from the prednisone
Hi @murphy2370, It's good to hear that your PMR symptoms are gone. You mentioned you haven't...
mentioned you haven't started tapering ... off of prednisone yet and are afraid ... down on the prednisone. -- How to ... Slowly and Safely Taper Off Prednisone ... discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules
For what it's worth, I've never felt much from the Actemra. I know it's working, because...
working, because I've been able to taper ... down on the prednisone to 5 mg so far ... , but it's not like prednisone that
Posted: Mar 31 2:52pm
There was an "administrative process" for me to get approved for Actemra. My doctor did the...
An inability to taper off prednisone ... I was told that Prednisone for the rest ... improved tremendously since being off Prednisone ... confined to a chair at home when I was on Prednisone ... , my doctor writes for a supply of Prednisone
I was taking high dose prednisone and Actemra to treat GCA, and my cholesterol got high...
I was taking high dose prednisone and ... the following 3 months I continued tapering ... the prednisone. ... the LDL I think the lower dose of prednisone
I have pondered the same question as to why not start the Biologics first without the...
start the Biologics first without the prednisone ... Eight months of prednisone therapy was ... When I tapered to 2 mg my PMR pain returned ... then made the decision to stop the prednisone
I left that forum because of conflicts. They weren't interested in Actemra and said it wasn't...
They advocated for more Prednisone for ... They said Actemra and a fast taper off ... prednisone was "breaking their ... knew everything because of taking prednisone ... the only reason I had to do a slow taper
Posted: Apr 12 12:23pm
I have idiopathic peripheral neuropathy which started about a year after PMR was diagnosed. I started...
I started long term prednisone shortly ... progressively worse while PMR was treated with Prednisone ... After 12 years of Prednisone, PMR was ... I finally tapered off Prednisone. ... All I know is that Prednisone didn&#39
I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA in late June of 2024. I started on 60...
I started on 60 mg prednisone per day ... It has allowed me to taper down to 5 ... mg prednisone. ... I'll taper again in a couple of