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@charlotte61 , @trina24 , @nancy53 I know having PMR and worrying about GCA is frightening. But...
failed to mention anyone on 2.5 mg prednisone ... He has been on prednisone for over a ... year and is still tapering with the ... I highly recommend anyone on prednisone
Posted: Jul 11, 2024
That is a very good question. My cortisol level improved after 6 months. I was able...
I was able to stay on a prednisone dose ... but I could take Prednisone again & ... I needed prednisone again for a short ... I actually needed 60 mg of Prednisone ... I was able to taper off prednisone quickly
Posted: Jul 10, 2024
I had RA beginning as a teenager (now 68) and was at various times on 25...
hydrocortisone overlapping with the prednisone ... and tapered off the prednisone after ... Please do your best to get off prednisone
Posted: Jul 8, 2024
I have not seen many that have said it works. MTX is a Rheumatoid arthritis medication...
usually the first line of defense when tapering ... on prednisone. ... The 5-7mg range of prednisone is your ... requirement for cortisol and once you try to taper
Posted: Jul 7, 2024
@hopeinal. you may also be interested in this related discussion: - How did you cope with...
did you cope with the side effects tapering ... off prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/taper-side-effects
Posted: Jul 7, 2024
I'm currently doing Actema infusions for "refractory PMR." I was on prednisone for more than 12...
." I was on prednisone for more ... My first attempt to taper off Prednisone ... My second attempt to taper off Prednisone ... I have been prednisone free for 3 years ... I was able to get off Prednisone and
You did not mention it, but I presume you have been diagnosed with PMR, and that...
rule seems to be to take sufficient prednisone ... About taking ibuprofen while on prednisone ... After one month, I tapered at 5 per ... We then started a taper of 1 per month ... Pain while tapering after your PMR is
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Posted: Jul 4, 2024
I think Dr treating PMR have a pretty tough job. They disease requires long term steroid...
they know when they start you on the prednisone ... you most likely will not be able to taper ... requires you be on less than 4mg of prednisone ... Its when you start to taper off the ... prednisone then you run short because
Posted: Jun 30, 2024
@dadcue Thank you for your response!! I appreciate you sharing that info about the prednisone causing...
appreciate you sharing that info about the prednisone ... The prednisone does cause one thing ... down from 80 mg to 20 mg and still tapering ... He's on Actemra to help the taper
Posted: Jun 28, 2024
I did have a conversation with someone about prednisone. This article doesnt say much about cortisol....
a conversation with someone about prednisone ... You then supplement with prednisone ... He also felt the taper was merely your ... When Prednisone is introduced then your ... Especially as you taper and your body
Posted: Jun 28, 2024
Hi @sherylp, My first go round with Prednisone, at 40 mg, tapering down by 5 mg...
Hi @sherylp, My first go round with Prednisone ... , at 40 mg, tapering down by 5 mg every
Discussion: PMR or PREDNISONE
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
I think and particularly my case the sooner you can get off prednisone the easier it...
my case the sooner you can get off prednisone ... years it gets really difficult to taper ... When I tapered my research into this ... drug was when I reached the taper wall ... My taper wall was 5 mg.
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
The Dr Sarah Mackie webinar was interesting. I liked her comment about "doctors don't treat themselves"...
I didn't self medicate with prednisone ... Relapsing no matter how a person tapers ... prednisone is a real problem. ... There is no single way to taper prednisone
So now I'm really curious ... Why have you been on a 5 mg maintenance dose...
been on a 5 mg maintenance dose of prednisone ... tocilizumab) because I was unable to taper ... off prednisone for 12 years after PMR ... I usually flared whenever I tapered ... I was off Prednisone a year later.