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Hi, I am a year and a few months from my SCT for AML. Started with...
I was put on a short course of Prednisone ... Cyclosporin and started Sirolimus taper ... I was prescribed 20 of Prednisone and ... I started to taper Prednisone, just ... Hopefully I can taper fast enough and
My first time with PMR took me 3 and half years before I was able to...
and half years before I was able to taper ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg of prednisone
Posted: May 25 5:36pm
I haven't ever found any research study that says this method works any better than any...
works any better than any other slow tapering ... It is a "slow tapering method&#34 ... is any better than any other slow tapering ... method for getting off prednisone. ... she was writing my prescription for prednisone
Before prednisone my blood pressure was consistently 120 over 80 rheumatology said it was high 6...
Before prednisone my blood pressure ... it was high 6 months after being on prednisone ... suggest monitoring i have just stopped prednisone ... after 2 years tapering off 20mg was ... information about the side effects of prednisone
I was diagnosed with PMR then also developed Giant cell Arteritis (both temples). I was on...
After about 6 months I gradually tapered ... rheumatologist has now has me on 5 mg prednisone ... retention and other side effects of prednisone
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Posted: Dec 13, 2023
@dadcue I had no idea you've been through so much!! And for so long. I'm so...
you were finally able to be free of prednisone ... So far so good with tapering, though ... Do you know if they make 1 mg of prednisone ... symptoms and have to start increasing prednisone ... were able to get off the drugs for prednisone
@dadcue Wow! I'm sorry it took so long to get PMR under control. I just wonder...
It's my husband on prednisone not ... And he's been on prednisone for ... , tapering to 12.5 mg, then developed ... GCA in Feb 2024 and up to 80 mg, tapering ... different and we can just keep trying to taper
Hello @tiateacake, Welcome to Connect. I don't think it's something you have to get used to...
have to learn to manage when you are tapering ... off of prednisone that you might want ... off of prednisone and managing the ... search=prednisone%20tapering%20and%20managing ... daily log of your level of pain and prednisone
Posted: Jul 8 7:18am
I had the most trouble tapering in my first occurrence of PMR during the last six...
I had the most trouble tapering in my ... until I could finally stop taking prednisone
Discussion: Traveling with PMR
Posted: Jul 9 7:41am
I am down to 3 mg for the third or fourth time in my 6th year...
taking at least 2 weeks for a .5 mg taper ... " Prednisone could set off a chain ... are from increasing/decreasing your prednisone
I had and still have a chronic inflammatory disease for nearly 20 years before PMR was...
followed by a fast taper. ... I never had any problems tapering off ... tapers. ... I wasn't able to taper off Prednisone ... rheumatologist didn't want me to taper
Welcome @andirae, It's not uncommon to have a lot of questions being fairly new to PMR...
being fairly new to PMR and trying to taper ... off of prednisone. ... twice and both times started at 20 mg prednisone ... first time took 3 and half years to taper ... in the morning plus your dosage of prednisone
If I can't follow the tapering schedule given to me by my doctor I call him...
If I can't follow the tapering schedule ... when I had my visit and hadn't tapered ... I have been on prednisone for 3 years ... Your taper seems fast to me but do your