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I am male 72. I got my first Covid shot in early April 3 weeks later...
got my second shot I was on 40mg of prednisone ... now on 10 mg and will now continue tappering
Posted: Oct 11, 2021
Met with my Rhuemy last week, did blood work. The markers were normal and she stated...
Currently taking 5mg at night and 10mg prednisone ... Plan is to reduce prednisone 1mg every ... Personally I’m not looking fwd to the taper
Posted: Sep 21, 2021
I had my initial episode of PMR thirteen years ago in 2008. It lasted six months...
regained my health and was able to begin tapering ... the prednisone. ... three-month regimen of decreasing the prednisone
Hello - I have had PMR for 6 years - diagnosed the year I turned 70...
and bruises, I was put on a dose of prednisone ... and followed the doctor's tapering ... another - I am on a dose of 5 mg of Prednisone ... DSNS method to be the best for my tapering
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
Thank you, @ken82. My doctor told me that many people are on prednisone way too long,...
doctor told me that many people are on prednisone ... way too long, and I was put on a tapering ... was done right when I started the prednisone
Posted: Aug 25, 2021
The so called background pain, usually experience during sleep and first thing in the AM, is...
late evening at current dosage...wrt tapering ... my GP had me taper to 10 mg from 20 ... appointment with the Rhuemy I decided to taper ... #39;s email I'm to stay at 15 mg prednisone ... everyday but the malaise created by the prednisone
Discussion: Plaquenil and PMR
Posted: Aug 7, 2021
Thanks for your reply John. My rheumatologist has said a few times that I may end...
After 14 months, recently tapering off ... pain return, I am back on 5 mg. of Prednisone ... As I taper to 4 it’s getting bad again
Hi reesh, At 70, It wasn't too hard for me to come to terms with PMR...
On prednisone, it's important to ... density are recommended because of prednisone ... Also, prednisone suppress the immune ... terrible pain, requiring an increase in prednisone ... gotten one, ask your doctor for a tapering
Hello Judy @jnebrig, Welcome to Connect. I thought I would answer your private message in this...
private message in this discussion on Tapering ... for a year and only tapered down for ... is to taper down slowly and only when ... It took me 3 and half years to taper ... Tapering from 20mg to off of prednisone
Posted: Jul 17, 2021
My rheumatologist said to taper as low as possible and still function. I now take 4mgs...
My rheumatologist said to taper as low ... I now take 4mgs prednisone daily and ... would be nice.The side effects of prednisone