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@ldg001 Taking my husband off the prednisone unfortunately is not an option at the moment. However,...
ldg001 Taking my husband off the prednisone ... However, we are doing a taper and he ... We will continue to taper until he can ... approved for GCA and it helps with the tapering ... of prednisone.
Posted: Jul 12 12:15pm
@ldg001 Thanks for sharing what you’re taking. My husband is the one with osteoporosis from taking...
one with osteoporosis from taking prednisone ... choice and is still on it trying to taper ... 2023 and just when he was doing well tapering ... down the prednisone he developed giant ... He’s been on high doses of prednisone
Posted: Jul 11 11:20pm
I have severe sweating, especially from the head area. Drops of sweat actually fall down my...
neck from my head and I actually need paper ... However, I do take prednisone and thought ... is the combination of the PMR and Prednisone
Posted: Jul 10 8:12am
I get pain and numbness in the front of my thighs upon standing or walking 20...
#39;ve gained 18 lbs in 17 months of prednisone ... Doing the taper super slow. ... One half mg per month of the old pregnisone
I am back to 5 mg. now . After getting down to 3 mg. I went...
non-stop even though my doctor took the tapering ... to go even slower to get off this Prednisone
Posted: May 30 11:03am
I agree completely. You got this figured out. I think drugs like Kevzara are very useful...
inflammation that may result from the taper ... easy as saying you need to reduce prednisone
Posted: Jun 4 2:01pm
My mother was on 5 mg of prednisone for over 10 years. Her skin got so...
My mother was on 5 mg of prednisone ... All those years of prednisone left her ... trying very hard to get off of the prednisone ... had a couple flares but am trying to taper
Posted: Jun 7 11:07am
Thanks for both comments above. I will look at the Mayo link you supplied with comments...
To clarify my taper, my rheumatologist ... prescribed prednisone beginning in ... people say, after only two days on prednisone ... Since that time, I have been tapering ... When the taper hit the 3 mg mark, she
Posted: Jun 10 8:54am
I think most of us cannot do it without Corticosteroids. That is the drug of choice....
Those are RA type drugs to help with prednisone ... induced flares when trying to taper ... to stop those after stopping your prednisone
Hello @judygref, Welcome to Connect. I love the can do attitude! I think we all hated...
I think we all hated being on prednisone ... and easy definitely helps with the tapering ... When it came time for me to taper, he ... dose or bumped it up half of the last taper
Posted: Jun 11 3:30pm
"My advice to you all is never miss the opportunity to taper down if your medics...
all is never miss the opportunity to taper ... a doctor's duty is to make the tapering ... I was never pressured to taper lower ... admitted to her that I simply could not taper ... caused my pain and my inability to taper
Posted: Jun 11 10:00am
I believe I have had PMR for a least a year. Up until 6 months ago...
He put me on 15mg Prednisone and recommended ... I did my own tapering after that. ... I have been reducing prednisone 2.5 ... weeks and see what happens with each taper ... When I get to 5mg then tapering must
Posted: Jul 22 3:13pm
Welcome @wilmingtonemperor, You are not alone. Nobody wants to take prednisone but it is the defining...
Nobody wants to take prednisone but ... I was started at 20mg prednisone for ... Fortunately I was able to taper off ... pain when I woke up along with my prednisone
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Posted: Sep 2, 2023
@hopeful33250 You're very welcome! My husband has steroid-induced osteoporosis, something we had never heard of until...
With PMR, he was put on 30 mg prednisone ... he was diagnosed with GCA, he had tapered ... He was then put on 80 mg of daily prednisone ... in 2/2024 and is now tapering (with ... But all the prednisone caught up with
Posted: Jul 26 10:34am
this would be just my take on it./ IL-6 has been found to be active in...
inflammatory response while trying to taper ... prednisone. ... Prednisone also fights inflammation ... Your pain may all be prednisone related ... Prednisone is the only one that is controlling
Posted: Aug 12 7:14pm
The Prednisone tapering experience seems to be highly variable. I had quite severe disease symptoms but...
The Prednisone tapering experience seems ... I responded to Prednisone but initial ... tapering was very difficult with lots ... Is this what successful tapering looks
Posted: Aug 16 3:11pm
Hi. As @dadcue mentioned above, I have had RA for 12 years. My onset was very...
sometimes severe enough my Rheumy gives me Prednisone ... - usually starting at 15-20 mg and tapering
Posted: Jun 11 11:27am