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Hello @barbararene - you are right, PMR is the Frankenstein disease. I've had the old man...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137600/
rheumatologist to discuss bumping up the prednisone ... I don't believe prednisone will help ... tingling and not any pain. 4 mg prednisone ... I was able to taper down the dosage ... and get off of the prednisone in 2010
Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 24, 2017
Hi @obert22, So sorry about your diagnosis. This is a great place to get information. I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/79144/
I started on 40mg of Prednisone and ... was tapered off. ... thing that happened from taking the Prednisone
Discussion: Mesenteric Panniculitis or Sclerosing Mesenteritis
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Dec 9, 2016
Dot, Thank you for starting this. Right now, I am very discouraged because of my experience...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/78860/
months by starting me on a course of prednisone ... azathioprine (Immuran) while continuing the predinsone ... some adjustments with a very slow taper ... off the prednisone, my symptoms when
Discussion: Mesenteric Panniculitis or Sclerosing Mesenteritis
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Dec 18, 2012
I almost died, too, due to misdiagnoses that left me without the proper care for weeks....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/70611/
with my first experience, but it's tapering ... having after refusing to take anymore prednisone
Discussion: Prednisone and blood sugar issues
Support Group: Diabetes & Endocrine System
Posted: Jan 31, 2012
I have some experience with acupuncture. In my first bout of PMR (15 years ago), I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/138163/
I did acupuncture twice while on prednisone ... In the past 3 years, I went on prednisone ... I have now been on prednisone almost ... a year, down to 5 mg, taking the taper
Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 16, 2020
Hi Amanda, thank you for following up with me. I have almost lost hope of figuring...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/665399/
Prednisone is the treatment and I started ... I managed to taper to 5mg before developing ... the 2nd and 3rd ulcer and am now tapered
Discussion: MGUS associated with Type I Cryoglobulinemia
Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Dec 26, 2021
I am 57 years old and have had PMR for 2 years now. Started on 20...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/69250/
Started on 20 mg. of prednisone initially ... and tapered down to over the 2 years ... I refuse to back up on prednisone dosage ... I am beginning to think prednisone is ... addictive as the tapering off is as
Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica treatment options
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 28, 2012
I was diagnosed with PMR in Jan. 2022 and put on 20 mgs. of Pred. It...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/803155/
There is no race to the finish for tapering ... Wednesday next, but since I've been on Prednisone ... #34;journey", but slow down the tapering
Discussion: Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 29, 2023
Welcome @janettec, Sorry to hear you are having difficulty tapering off of prednisone with your PMR....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/777606/
to hear you are having difficulty tapering ... off of prednisone with your PMR. ... following discussions helpful: -- Tapering ... /discussion/prednisone/ -- PMR Dosages ... discussion/pmr-dosages/ I found tapering
Discussion: Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 26, 2022
Hello @dsmith337, Welcome to Connect. You are mostly correct from what I've read. I was 64...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/644625/
is a very short time to be able to taper ... off of prednisone for PMR. ... occurrence took me 3 and half years to taper
Discussion: Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 13, 2021