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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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
I like to share my personal experience. I was on Prednisone for more than 12 years...
high dose bursts followed by a fast taper ... no matter how slowly I tapered. ... it was more complicated than a slow taper ... use, there was no tapering method that ... was more effective than any other tapering
I wouldn't listen to everything you read on PMRGCAuk. The forum with all the people sharing...
I mostly stayed on 3 mg of prednisone ... She said I could simply stop prednisone ... without tapering as long as my cortisol ... I did a fast taper from 3 mg to zero ... I have been off Prednisone for almost
Thank you for your comments. During my 13 months of prednisone I had absolutely no negative...
During my 13 months of prednisone I ... Even as I slowly tapered there was no ... appear about 3 week after I stopped prednisone
Posted: Oct 9, 2024
Is there anyone that is newly off of prednisone (within the last month) that has experienced...
there anyone that is newly off of prednisone ... I'm only off Prednisone for two ... was wondering if this is part of the tapering
Posted: Oct 7, 2024
Thank you so much. I took only 25mg of Lyrica at bedtime last night and did...
group during the 13 months I was on prednisone ... and advice that people gave me about tapering ... off prednisone was so helpful.
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Posted: Oct 7, 2024
Thanks for your response. I have been on prednisone for 3 years. My last dose was...
I have been on prednisone for 3 years ... ACTEMRA for 3 months and gradually tapered ... my prednisone to zero as of two days ... definitely feel worse than when I was on prednisone ... feel that if I have to stay on ( mg prednisone
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, 2024
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
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, 2024
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, 2024
No meant unable. Not preaching here but only explaining. Generally after about 2 weeks your body...
Cortisol is being supplied by the prednisone ... can no longer function without the prednisone ... Dr's attempt to taper you off the ... prednisone to allow your body time ... longer be able to just stop taking prednisone
Posted: Sep 24, 2024
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?
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, 2024