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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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
jds2123 Are you planning on tapering down off the prednisone soon? This is something that I...
jds2123 Are you planning on tapering ... down off the prednisone soon? ... that I hope would be a goal since prednisone ... Prednisone is playing with my immune ... My PCP identifies prednisone as a high-risk
I had difficulty coming off prednisone after starting Actemra. It took me an entire year to...
It took me an entire year to taper from ... persevere by continuing a very slow taper ... case, I never would have been able to taper ... The first time I tapered off prednisone ... optimistic that I would be able to taper
I too am experiencing some memory and attention problems that I would like to blame on...
problems that I would like to blame on prednisone ... I am hoping that as I continue to taper ... off prednisone that these symptoms
Posted: Dec 24, 2023
That sounds like a productive relationship with the Rheumy. So you started on 15mg and tapered...
So you started on 15mg and tapered down ... I’m in love with prednisone. ... inflammation between the eyes and get off the Prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Dec 21, 2023
@pb50, @dadcue, and all...I also have a trigger finger issue. My right ring finger had a...
I've been taking prednisone since ... I've taken Prednisone beginning ... Then, a low dose of Prednisone for the ... I'm now on 5mg prednisone, 2 tablets ... daily then taper down.
Posted: Dec 20, 2023
Your post has been reassuring to me. I had VATS in May for left lower lobectomy...
my Rheumatologist prescribed 20mg prednisone ... on 20 mg and then 15 as I started tapering ... But when I tapered to 10 the benefit ... But I can’t live on Prednisone. ... Did your rib pain persist after the prednisone
Support Group: Lung Cancer
Posted: Dec 19, 2023
Sorry to read about your experience. I'm just 52 and was diagnosed about 7 months ago....
rheumatologist initially prescribed 20 mg of prednisone ... for a week, then recommended that I tapered ... before recommending a slow, steady taper ... I personally hate being on prednisone ... I asked if the prednisone or PMR could
Hi Mary @marymckeith, I'm sorry to hear you are struggling with additional pain. You mentioned in...
when I dropped to a lower dose of prednisone ... even try going up 1/2 of the amount I tapered ... Tapering off of prednisone is different
Posted: Dec 14, 2023
I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA in April 2023. High doses of Prednisone relieved my...
High doses of Prednisone relieved my ... symptoms but tapering just sent my ... after 6 months and 2 tries at tapering ... We then switched to Methyl Prednisone
Posted: Dec 13, 2023
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
My PCP diagnosed my PMR 3 years ago telling me I would only be on it...
She started me on 20 mg prednisone then ... well but I have never been able to taper ... Kevzara now hoping it will help me taper ... The benefit of getting off prednisone
Hi everyone. I have had PMR for about one and a half years. Up and down...
Up and down on Prednisone, on MTX, and ... I have tapered down to 5mg of Prednisone ... and will continue to taper down about
Posted: Dec 6, 2023
Interesting paper about IL-6 and inflammatory diseases The Two-Faced Cytokine IL-6 in Host Defense and Diseases...
Interesting paper about IL-6 and inflammatory ... taper plus TCZ (subcutaneous 162 mg ... ) to prednisone taper alone. ... tapering alone group [111]. ... Treatment with TCZ plus prednisone led
Posted: Dec 6, 2023