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My rheumatologist told me I could supplement with Tylenol or Ibuprofen but not on a regular...
Since prednisone also can have this ... I am having difficulty tapering below ... 8 mg prednisone. ... I take my full dose of prednisone in ... problems since I have been on the prednisone
Posted: Aug 4, 2022
Hi @elizabethjoan and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I moved your post to this discussion: PMR...
one other you might like to read: Prednisone ... tapering is hard: Do complementary ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/prednisone-tapering
Posted: Aug 4, 2022
My symptoms had been going for months before I could finally see a new rheumatologist. My...
She started me at 20mg of prednisone ... #39;ve have had ups and downs with tapering ... -15mg for some time before I could taper ... off the methotrexate and at 5 mg of prednisone
Posted: Jul 31, 2022
Welcome @janiceem, I know that tapering can be difficult and overdoing exercises can sometimes make it...
Welcome @janiceem, I know that tapering ... that you might find helpful: -- Tapering ... off of Prednisone: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/prednisone/ -- sciatica
Posted: Jul 25, 2022
Maybe you’re tapering too quickly. The multiple times that I had taken prednisone had extended tapering...
Maybe you’re tapering too quickly. ... The multiple times that I had taken prednisone ... had extended tapering times much longer ... I tapered over at least an 8-10 month
I was diagnosed with PMR in March 2020 and was on a slow prednisone taper for...
PMR in March 2020 and was on a slow prednisone ... taper for 20 months. ... have no significant side effects from prednisone
I was referred to an endocrinologist. I will see him at the end of the month....
Initially, when I was prescribed prednisone ... The tapor should have started when they
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 14, 2022
Hi @thenazareneshul, I'm sorry to hear of your difficulties with prednisone. PMR is an autoimmune disease...
to hear of your difficulties with prednisone ... What dosage of prednisone did you start ... with and what was your tapering schedule ... 40 mg for Giant Cell Arteritis and tapered ... had a dexa scan right after starting prednisone
Posted: Jul 10, 2022
I'm stuck between 12.0 and 12.5 with the taper and feel rotten and also quite depressed...
stuck between 12.0 and 12.5 with the taper ... I tapered from 13.75 down to 12.5 and ... Somehow I put my lower back out and the Prednisone ... In pain, until Prednisone, but not depressed
@snowslow1 @becsbuddy the only thing that put my LP/OLP/planopilaris into remission was high dose prednisone tapers...
planopilaris into remission was high dose prednisone ... tapers while starting on hydroxychloroquine ... course there are side effects from prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jun 29, 2022
On the correct dosage of Prednisone, my pain completely disappeared (20 mg). It was fairly non-existent...
On the correct dosage of Prednisone, ... Trying to taper. ... the inflammation (which is what the Prednisone ... There are many ups and downs to Prednisone
Posted: May 22, 2022
I agree Teri. Jaw pain stopped when I returned to 15 mg. Prednisone, just up a...
Prednisone, just up a bit from 13.75 ... done as I have been too long on the Prednisone ... Much of my pain is a result of tapering
I feel ya. I am trying to taper down from 15 mg. Right now I am...
I am trying to taper down from 15 mg ... Will be tapering by 1 mg. starting on ... not know if it is a result of the Prednisone ... , the tapering or the actual PMR. ... Also, tapering is an individual thing
Welcome @cantek, Tapering off of prednisone can be difficult. I've done it twice for another condition,...
Welcome @cantek, Tapering off of prednisone ... If I hurt too bad, I didn't taper ... Did your doctor give you any tapering
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: May 19, 2022
Emma 32, I found that the initial high dose of prednisone did wonders for no pain...
found that the initial high dose of prednisone ... As I have tapered down to 5 mg in five ... trying to live with it and get off prednisone