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"Conclusions: Sarilumab showed significant efficacy in achieving sustained remission and reducing the cumulative glucocorticoid dose in...
sustained remission and reducing the cumulative ... glucocorticoid dose in patients with ... significantly more cases than with prednisone ... are sometimes able to discontinue Prednisone ... If you have osteoporosis then prednisone
Posted: Apr 27, 2024
Exactly ... people love to blame one thing and not hold something else accountable. More often...
combination of things that have a cumulative ... PMR contributes to the cumulative effects ... decreased especially after stopping Prednisone ... Now I'm on a lower dose of "
Posted: Mar 30, 2025
I have seropositive RA for 25 years. I started on Plaquenil which worked really well for...
there were no guidlines to match the dose ... person and I was on too high of a dose ... guidlines The effects on the eye is cumulative ... developed an allergy to it after 3 doses ... now take sulfasalazine and 5 mg of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 27 2:31pm
For what it is worth, it is hard to know when you should start tapering. I...
of Prednisone but also what disorder ... following two scenarios of treatment with prednisone ... remission was achieved and I could be off Prednisone ... but I wasn't able to taper off prednisone ... treatment duration may lead to fewer cumulative
Posted: Nov 29, 2025
Will 3 mg be the lowest dose you have been on since the start of PMR?...
Will 3 mg be the lowest dose you have ... What was your average dose during this ... dose again. ... When we taper our prednisone dose lower ... use and the cumulative dose of prednisone
Posted: Dec 5, 2023
Maye, I was diagnosed with GCA at the end of June of 2024. I had undiagnosed...
Calculating the cumulative dose of prednisone ... involved daily IV infusions of high dose ... steroids (prednisone?). ... dose got down to around 40 mg. ... and low dose aspirin recommended for
Posted: Jan 14, 2025
A borderline ACTH level might result in "inadequate" levels of cortisol especially if something stressful happens....
dose is enough time to get a reliable ... The longer I could be off prednisone ... ), cumulative dose (massive) and most ... recent doses of prednisone were all ... guess that it took 6 months on a low dose
Posted: Aug 25 4:57pm
Did you experience any symptoms of adrenal insufficiency? Adrenal suppression is probably inevitable with any dose...
suppression is probably inevitable with any dose ... of Prednisone. ... I can only guess at my cumulative dose ... lt; 3-4 weeks, irrespective of the dose ... endocrinologist said 3 mg was such a small dose
Here are a few articles discussing the reasoning for tapering schedules. "How to taper GC: The...
occur more frequently when a rapid dose ... flares can occur independently of GC dose ... The general view is that 10 mg prednisone ... of relapses, corresponds to a lower cumulative ... Some typical recommendations for prednisone
Hi everyone, This is my fourth episode of PMR 1n 10 years - groan. For my...
I had difficulties in weaning off prednisone ... have been reported with regard to cumulative ... glucocorticoid doses, relapse rates ... studied and by the relatively low doses ... mg/week) compared with contemporary doses
I take 3mg LDN as a bridge from prednisone to kevzara for PMR pain. I'm down...
I take 3mg LDN as a bridge from prednisone ... I'm down to 2.5mg prednisone and ... LDN (low-dose naltrexone, typically ... It's one of those cumulative effect
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 5 7:20am
Hi ... I really hope Kevzara works for you. Are you doing weekly injections? I'm not...
I'm not sure what the dosing schedule ... didn't clear me to go to zero prednisone ... consider like how long you were on prednisone ... and the cumulative dose of prednisone ... I have been off prednisone for a couple
Posted: Nov 27, 2023
Reducing by 1mg every two weeks is a fast taper, more likely to bring on a...
Australian guide for reducing prednisolone/prednisone ... At doses below 4-6mg (the amount of ... At doses higher than that, the return ... too quickly can result in a higher cumulative ... dose than reducing slowly and steadily
@petermccarville Thank-you for trying to set the record straight. It amazed me how many people thought...
dose increase instead of taking Actemra ... I think prednisone works great as a ... term side effects are proportional to cumulative ... dose and duration of use in my opinion ... Twelve years of prednisone compared
Posted: Jun 15 11:40pm
The medical literature says PMR lasts 1-2 years for most people. This means approximately 50% or...
The 10 mg dose or more of prednisone ... If you have been on prednisone since ... to manage symptoms and reduce the cumulative ... glucocorticoid dose." Having ... personally taken prednisone for 12
It would be safe to say that my cumulative dose over my 13 years of PMR...
It would be safe to say that my cumulative ... dose over my 13 years of PMR treatment ... with daily Prednisone was "massive ... prior 20 years of intermittent high doses ... infusion of the biologic and much lower doses
Posted: Jan 14, 2025
Flares are hard to define for PMR. Most people just take more Prednisone for any uptick...
to see if I could reduce my overall cumulative ... dose without ever expecting me to taper ... The large dose of Prednisone relieved ... shouldn't have taken such a large dose ... of Prednisone.
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Posted: Jun 2, 2025
@prestol "My question is: wouldn’t my adrenals have slowly recovered once I got below 5 mg?...
#34; --------------------------- Dose ... and duration and perhaps "cumulative ... dose. ... mg most of the time) and a massive cumulative ... dose.
Posted: Mar 3 1:37pm
Nobody ever promised me that I would be pain free when I tapered off Prednisone. Adrenal...
would be pain free when I tapered off Prednisone ... Adrenal insufficiency and Prednisone ... sources of my pain after I tapered off Prednisone ... side effects and my cumulative dose ... prior to 2020 when I was still on Prednisone
Posted: Apr 19 6:51pm