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on imaging with the higher dose of prednisone ... However, evidence that higher prednisone ... , but the optimal initial dose and tapering ... for GCA, followed by individualized tapering ... tocilizumab as additional treatment with prednisone
Posted: Apr 24, 2022
Hi @jfannarbor, 6 years ago seems like a long time to me since your last meetup...
you are doing fine and are on 2.5 mg prednisone ... My starting dose with prednisone was ... Then when I started tapering down after ... the worst, along with the dosage of prednisone ... This was what I used when tapering down
Hi @tricialynn, I agree with @johnbishop re it's time to have a chat with your doctor....
diagnostic trial of corticosteroids prednisone ... clinical response, "treat as PMR; taper ... sore my legs were before starting prednisone
I also am struggling with tapering. I started in November when I was diagnosed at 10...
I also am struggling with tapering. ... November when I was diagnosed at 10 mg of prednisone ... Christmas and then he began to push me to taper
True on the ego and just wanting to be off prednisone. I was so excited when...
the ego and just wanting to be off prednisone ... would be good if you could get 1 mg. prednisone ... That makes tapering much easier.
Hi @cckelly, You're right, most people with PMR do respond to prednisone pretty quickly with a...
most people with PMR do respond to prednisone ... diagnosed with PMR and put on 10 mg of prednisone ... He increased the prednisone to 40 mg ... and I started to taper down by 5 mg ... Giant Cell Arteritis and need more prednisone
I don't know if you are aware of my history of lung cancer. This October I...
so I know that I'll be put on prednisone ... I hate prednisone! ... friendly person but when I'm on prednisone ... You might want to tamper down your need
Discussion: Nodules do shrink
Support Group: Lung Cancer
Posted: Mar 27, 2022
I suffer terrible from fatigue by 2pm i am struggling to stay awake. I also struggled...
also struggled terribly decreasing prednisone ... liquid so now when i get down i can taper ... accurately and by 0.25 each taper. ... symptoms keep flaring when i get low on prednisone
Don't taper until you're feeling reasonably well. If you do, the inflammation will slowly accumulate and...
Don't taper until you're feeling ... disease dictate when and how much we taper ... objective is not a relentless drive to 0 prednisone ... to do is find the lowest amount of prednisone
Hello @traynor4, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we merged your post with an existing...
learn what they have shared about tapering ... down on prednisone. ... Both times I was started on 20 mg prednisone ... like quite a high starting dose of prednisone
Hello Mike @vinnieh, Welcome to Connect. I'm really sorry to hear about your PMR symptoms flaring...
such a long struggle to lower your prednisone ... I only took my dose of prednisone in ... with PMR took 3 and half years to taper ... only took me a year and a half to taper ... off of prednisone.
Posted: Mar 5, 2022
Hi @sandy1988, Welcome to Connect. Tapering off of prednisone can be difficult for a lot of...
Tapering off of prednisone can be difficult ... dose until I was able to stop taking prednisone ... Then only taper down if the pain was ... If I woke up after tapering down and ... body and how I felt and adjust the prednisone
I am wondering if it is smart to try tapering as long as your ESR and...
am wondering if it is smart to try tapering ... After prednisone for a little over a ... I tapered down to 10 1/2 mg and had ... flare and am now back up to 14 mg prednisone ... going through the up and down with prednisone