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No real insight except to say Actemra works well for me. I'm glad you were able...
I have been off Prednisone for close ... stopped easily so there is no need to taper ... off like we have to with Prednisone ... the primary reason for doing slow tapers ... when stopping Prednisone.
Posted: Sep 20, 2024
Was your prescription written 5 mg of Prednisone 2-3 times per day as needed? Is your...
A slow tapering of the prednisone, less ... Once prednisone is tapered to 10 mg/ ... day, a further slow taper by 1 mg every ... exercise as well as how you should taper ... single best way or correct way to taper
Posted: Sep 19, 2024
Supposedly that was what happened before the Prednisone era of treating PMR. I pity the people...
Prednisone helps to ease the pain but ... suppression so people need to taper ... Many people are never able to taper ... off Prednisone no matter how slowly ... they taper.
Posted: Sep 15, 2024
I had a very robust reaction to my second shingles shot last November. Pain and swelling....
Continued on and I was back on prednisone ... Slowly tapering. ... Too many side effects from prednisone
Posted: Sep 10, 2024
Welcome @spiker, We are all a little different with our pain experience and tapering off of...
different with our pain experience and tapering ... off of prednisone. ... me when I got down to around 5 mg prednisone ... and I had to taper by smaller amounts ... How long ago was your last taper down
Posted: Sep 7, 2024
I’m glad to see this topic for discussion because I have daily watery eyes from using...
have daily watery eyes from using Prednisone ... complicate things, I have had trouble tapering
Posted: Sep 6, 2024
I too mine like that divided the dose up. I have giant cell ..was diagnosed in...
have an eye stroke ..I’m 61 Been on prednisone ... Tapering down now .. ... the prednisone has been very hard on
Posted: Sep 6, 2024
When I was on prednisone alone I could never get down to 5 mg let alone...
When I was on prednisone alone I could ... never get down to 5 mg let alone taper ... I tapered my prednisone dose by 1 mg ... 3 mg of prednisone because of a low ... doses of prednisone depends on your
Posted: Sep 3, 2024
I finished taking Prednisone in early July after a slow taper of .25mg toward the end....
I finished taking Prednisone in early ... July after a slow taper of .25mg toward ... returning, but at least I have plenty of Prednisone
Discussion: newly diagnosed
Posted: Aug 31, 2024
Sara Muller et al. are doing some great research in my opinion. More of a patient...
alternatives when people can't taper ... off Prednisone easily. ... Nearly all research papers I read about ... As this paper points out: "There ... Some people like to say these Prednisone
Posted: Aug 29, 2024
HI all -- interesting discussion -- when I found this first ( 2020) paper by Sara...
- when I found this first ( 2020) paper ... minor detour because of increasing Prednisone ... in July -- I had tapered to zero mg ... the 0.5mg/2week strategy, and now tapering
Posted: Aug 29, 2024
Initially I had added discomfort with each taper, not a lot but noticeable. My notes often...
Initially I had added discomfort with each taper ... I stopped Prednisone in early July. ... Since stopping Prednisone, there is ... withdrawal symptom despite my slow taper ... (See the forum topic Off Prednisone
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Unfortunately you can't simply stop taking prednisone. Methotrexate might help you get off Prednisone sooner if...
but I wasn't able to taper completely ... methotrexate would have allowed me to taper ... tapers" before he handed me over ... I knew how to taper off Prednisone but ... I was unable to taper off Prednisone
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Thanks so much for replying. I tapered down to 1mg. prednisone. Have felt absolutely terrible, So...
I tapered down to 1mg. ... prednisone. ... Now she wants me to go up to 3 mg of prednisone ... kicked in at such a small amount of prednisone
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
I would probably pick Kevzara if I had to do it over again. As Dadcue mentioned....
my choice would be this instead of prednisone ... You have already made the choice of prednisone ... will still have to fight through the taper ... keep you from restarting PMR while tapering ... can be stopped once you finish the prednisone
Posted: Aug 27, 2024