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Thanks to all of you who responded to my post. It seems that the PMR is...
the PMR is under control with 10 mg prednisone ... Will work with my doc to start tapering
Posted: Jan 4, 2023
I took 10mg daily for 2 months after which I felt like superwoman and my SED...
rheumatologist suggested that I begin tapering ... I have heard that it's best to taper ... Personally I think our prednisone dosing ... body begins to produce cortisol as we taper
Posted: Jan 4 1:47pm
Hi Gang! Tapering from 25 mgs of predisone about five months ago down to 10 now...
Tapering from 25 mgs of predisone about ... inclined to tough it out and keep tapering ... bad must it get before you up your predisone
Discussion: PMR Taper and pain
Posted: Jan 6 1:51pm
Hi, I am a physician over the past five years. I’ve had PMR three times and...
and last 2 to 3 months with a slow prednisone ... taper. ... second Covid vaccine, the course of prednisone ... PMR is more common than we think, prednisone
Posted: Jan 6 9:35am
Thank you for the info! I just contacted my doctor at the end of last week...
and she told me we are going to be tapering ... pain going down from 7.5 to 5 mgs of Prednisone
Discussion: Post prednisone
Posted: Mar 5 8:18am
Hello @sbschnell59, I see you've been a member for awhile but this is your first post...
happy that you found relief with the prednisone ... of pain (1 to 10) and the dosage of prednisone ... for the day to help when I started tapering
Psoriatic arthritis is a seronegative inflammatory disease. It is more likely if you have or ever...
As soon as I tapered off prednisone, ... Prednisone will help almost any type ... rheumatologists will want to avoid long term prednisone
Posted: Feb 5 6:10pm
Hopefully you’ll hear from others, but it sounds unusual to start with methotrexate at the beginning....
not come up until months into his taper ... considered if it might be best for him to taper ... off prednisone more quickly. ... boat and were able to continue the prednisone ... taper.
@teresaramirez I’m really having trouble understanding your steroid tapering. In USA we all taper slowly from...
trouble understanding your steroid tapering ... In USA we all taper slowly from 30mg ... 're on them, it’s important to taper ... https://www.mayoclinic.org/prednisone-withdrawal ... text=A%20gradual%20reduction%20in%20prednisone
That’s exactly how mine started. I woke up one morning with plugged ears and then it...
then it was the right ear that I did prednisone ... So I ended up on prednisone for nine ... months 60 mg eventually taper down
I have osteopenia ( less severe than osteoporosis) and my rheumatologist put me on Fosamax to...
bone loss as soon as I started the prednisone ... people who have PMR but cannot tolerate prednisone ... or cannot taper off it. ... could increase my dose up to 25%, then taper ... experience is that waiting to increase prednisone
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Posted: Mar 9 10:50am
Sorry to hear you lost so much vision from GCA, Bob -- that must have been...
etc., even though I am also taking prednisone ... for PMR, but currently working at tapering
Posted: Mar 13 1:46pm
Welcome @kipwiley, I've had two occurrences/flare ups of PMR but never experienced what you have for...
symptoms is that you might be trying to taper ... told me to listen to my body when tapering ... increase it by half of the previous taper ... sharing how long ago you were started on prednisone
Posted: Feb 4, 2023
I’ve had no markers and have had PMR for almost 4 years now…was off prednisone after...
PMR for almost 4 years now…was off prednisone ... after long taper but pain never left ... during or after finishing the taper ... kicking in but dr put me on 5 mg of prednisone
Posted: May 28 11:09am
My experience with GCA and tapering has been different. I was prescribed 40 mg prednisone, then...
My experience with GCA and tapering ... I was prescribed 40 mg prednisone, then ... tapered 5 mg every week, until at the ... After a year and a half off Prednisone ... Back up to 40 mg prednisone.
Posted: May 30 3:44pm
Do you want me to separate out PMR symptoms from everything else? What I remember most...
My prednisone prescriptions were written ... I did these bursts of high dose prednisone ... followed by a fast taper off prednisone ... With the onset of PMR my prednisone ... It responded to my daily Prednisone