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It’s been 8 months since my Feb 26th post. Here is the update I said I...
infusions to 8 mg/kg (up from 6 mg) and tapering ... prednisone, from 20 mg in March, now ... The plan is to continue prednisone taper ... (0.5 mg every 2 weeks) until off, then ... Then, hopefully off that too.
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
PMR was treated with prednisone for 12 years and I never did achieve a lasting remission....
PMR was treated with prednisone for ... treatment with Actemra but I have been off ... insufficiency might have prevented me from tapering ... off prednisone sooner than I did. ... Once I got off prednisone, all the medications
Posted: Nov 16, 2024
@labcoris I have given you the link to Mayo Clinic’s information on atopic dermatitis. I plan...
It sure beats taking prednisone forever ... I’m tapering the prednisone now and ... should be off of it by January 1. ... The stories of prednisone long term ... order to avoid skin cancer, which prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 15, 2024
This isn't a recommendation of anyone in particular but this place has several rheumatologists to choose...
a very long time and you can't taper ... off Prednisone, a rheumatologist at ... novel therapy, it took me a year to taper ... off Prednisone. ... use but currently off prednisone for
Posted: Nov 10, 2024
I was on Losartin (Cozaar) and Hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiurel) also. My calcium channel blocker was Amlodipine (Norvasc)....
couple of days followed by a fast taper ... Actemra, Then it took a year for me to taper ... off prednisone. ... have been stopped when I was able to taper ... off Prednisone.
"It raises some questions though if you start taking prednisone again once you've stopped, or even...
There is no best way to taper off prednisone ... It was a miracle I got off Prednisone ... Taking Prednisone was an easy thing ... I needed tons of encouragement to taper ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Jan 7 7:02pm
Hello All -- the official publication of the ACR is the "Rheumatologist" and has very recent...
to me on page two is this rapid taper ... don’t think of PMR as requiring high prednisone ... treated with at least 15 milligrams of prednisone ... off steroids within a year, a meta-analysis ... well my current trajectory is zero Prednsone
Hello @gee18, I'm sorry to hear you having trouble with the treatment for PMR and GCA....
your symptoms but tapering sent your ... wondering if you may have been trying to taper ... off of prednisone too quickly. ... listen to my body when it comes to tapering ... that determine when it's time to taper
Posted: Dec 13, 2023
Am very sorry to learn of your diagnosis. I've had Temporal Arteritis (GCA) for 7 years....
Tapers of the drug must be done slowly ... adrenal failure, so never just go off ... Prednisone just because you're feeling ... Then recovery slows with the taper. ... Depending on how much Prednisone you're
Posted: Apr 10, 2016
Elevated liver enzymes are a possible side effect of Kevzara. The reason for this is unknown....
metabolic syndrome from long term Prednisone ... enzymes are now closer to normal after I tapered ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Jan 23 9:05pm
Has Actemra helped you taper off Prednisone? Getting off Prednisone after Actemra was started has made...
Has Actemra helped you taper off Prednisone ... Getting off Prednisone after Actemra ... I was off Actemra during the Covid era ... exiting nerve roots, I resorted to Prednisone
Posted: Dec 30, 2024
Hi, Robin. I had an onset of PMR last December and like you was very concerned...
concerned about the long term effects of prednisone ... low-dose, relatively short term course of prednisone ... daily about three weeks ago and I’m tapering ... every two weeks planning to be off ... forum have had such struggles with prednisone
Hello @lsm47 I was thinking about your post today while in the pool at the JCC....
I too had alarm bells go off when bilateral ... and wrists when I was at about 5 mg Prednisone ... over the last several months I have tapered ... to zero Prednisone and swimming and
I forgot to mention that the first time my PMR was active it took me 3...
active it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone and the last six ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg prednisone
Posted: Oct 20, 2024
I didn't understand the complexity of getting off Prednisone until someone who had an adrenal crisis...
off Prednisone. ... off prednisone in about a month to ... off prednisone. ... and I was never rushed to taper off ... off prednisone, I was unsuccessful
Posted: Oct 19, 2024
For about 20 years, all I knew was to start with 60 mg of Prednisone and...
I knew was to start with 60 mg of Prednisone ... and do a fast taper for 30+ flares ... I didn't have any difficulty tapering ... off Prednisone -- 60 mg to zero in ... I wasn't able to taper off Prednisone
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Oct 12, 2024
I’d love to try a biologic to get off prednisone but until I get a specialist...
I’d love to try a biologic to get off ... prednisone but until I get a specialist ... I’m tapering off prednisone presently
Posted: Oct 4, 2024
I had a great response from Actemra. My first dose was on January 1st, 2019. It...
I have been completely off Prednisone ... ;t seem any less but I was able to taper ... She said there was no need to taper ... the better part of one year to get off ... can still be a long process to get off
I have been on Prednisone since January of 2023. After 2 failed attempts in tapering off...
After 2 failed attempts in tapering ... off Prednisone, my Rheumatologist prescribed ... In previous attempts to taper, once ... I'm currently tapering at 1 mg/two ... weeks and hope to be off Prednisone
Posted: Sep 25, 2024
Hi.... I would like to get your insight on Actemra. I was diagnosed with GCA in...
Started with 60mg Prednisone and after ... Actemra injections (while still on 10mg Prednisone ... I am off Prednisone since end of July ... Have you heard anything about tapering ... off or discontinuing Actemra ?
Posted: Sep 20, 2024