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Thanks for your reply @samara66 My a.m. cortisol level was tested and found to be low....
I was encouraged to taper down to the ... I was able to taper off prednisone when ... I tapered my prednisone dose down to ... I did a quick taper down to zero over ... couple of days and I was suddenly off
Has anyone in remission noticed a lingering muscle weakness from PMR? After 18 months of taking...
After 18 months of taking Prednisone ... , I was happily able to taper off four ... #39;m so glad to be out of pain and off ... Prednisone, but just wondering if
You may be interested the Treat-to-target link given by John in his post above. Having searched...
durations and don't push for getting off ... prednisone at any cost. ... Tapering off treatment should always
Posted: Aug 11, 2023
I think a person's weight should be considered. I'm not sure how often weight is considered....
for a month or two before trying to taper ... Plus, I took prednisone for years at ... had some tolerance for high doses of prednisone ... was diagnosed, I was always able to taper ... off quickly.
Posted: Aug 10, 2023
My very first injection of Actemra was January 1st, 2019. I started with injections every 2...
I got off prednisone for the first time ... It took me 9 months to taper off prednisone ... off prednisone again because of PMR ... I wanted to be off prednisone. ... off prednisone even faster the second
Hi @pmrsuzie, Welcome to Connect. I'm sorry to hear that you have been dealing with PMR...
What helped me reduce my time on prednisone ... Some people that have struggled to taper ... off of prednisone have been successful ... using the following tapering plan found ... slow and nearly stop reduction plan (Tapering
Welcome, and glad you found the group while you’re going through this. @johnbishop provided some great...
what’s likely to be a long and slow taper ... to get off the prednisone. ... His highest prednisone dose was 30 mg ... pack or low-moderate dose of prednisone ... right back if you speed through the taper
Posted: Jul 28, 2023
@gaylerenee Age might be a factor. I omit part of what my rheumatologist told me when...
I took prednisone for PMR for roughly ... doing much better than I ever did with tapering ... off! ... #39;t think I would ever be able to taper ... off prednisone so I wasn't even
Posted: Jul 23, 2023
My doses of prednisone were 10 mg or more for 12 years. I talked to my...
My doses of prednisone were 10 mg or ... suggest anything else besides a slow taper ... I was told to stop tapering until I ... normal range and I was able to get off ... Maybe you have taken prednisone too
Posted: Jul 23, 2023
fatigue and weakness for me too, I had to increase the prednisone dose from 5 to...
for me too, I had to increase the prednisone ... I think I was tapering too quickly in ... an effort to get off the stuff. ... Switching now to .25mg taper per month
Hello @bhadfield, Welcome to Connect. I'm sorry to hear you had a bad flare up of...
If the prednisone helped with the symptoms ... , I wonder if you might be tapering ... off too fast. ... polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) when tapering ... off of prednisone too fast.
Posted: Jul 16, 2023
Hello @gerryandnancydupont, Welcome to Connect. What you are describing doesn't sound like the typical onset of...
occurrences both were treated with 20 mg prednisone ... Then it was a struggle to begin the tapering ... process to get off of prednisone once ... listen to my body when I start to taper ... off of prednisone and to do it slowly
One would hope PMR patients of the future will have better options than prednisone. I took...
for PMR and never could taper off. ... trying to find a way for me to get me off ... prednisone. ... I was able to taper off prednisone in ... Now that I'm off prednisone, I&#39
Posted: Jul 9, 2023
You wrote: "How are you doing with Actemra?" Actemra seems to be working well for me,...
working well for me, and had helped me tapered ... down to 8 mg/day of Prednisone. ... Assuming no relapses, I should be off ... Prednisone by October '23. ... My sleep returned once the Prednisone
Posted: Jul 6, 2023
I will try to answer your questions but I don't have any experience with Kevzara. My...
What was your prednisone tapering schedule ... ----I have been off prednisone for the ... After Actemra was started, I tapered ... Now that I'm off prednisone, I was ... I was off Actemra when the synovial
Hi @bruce1951vet, It took me 3 and half years to taper off of prednisone my first...
off of prednisone my first time with ... off in 1 and half years. ... us but what I believe helped me get off ... level when I woke up and my dose of prednisone ... pain flared, I sometimes increased my prednisone
I would like to weigh in about PMR coming on gradually. My symptoms began in Jan....
noticed great difficulty getting on and off ... PMR was diagnosed and I am now on prednisone ... and tapering. ... The prednisone seemed like a miracle
Posted: Jul 2, 2023
That was hope my rheumatologist gave me too about Actemra. That was before Kevzara was FDA...
I was just fortunate to be able to taper ... off prednisone after taking it for ... I had to taper down to 3 mg of prednisone ... The prednisone we take replaces the ... Being off prednisone has allowed me
Posted: Jun 28, 2023
Hi, I have been dealing with PMR for a while. Started on Prednisone 15 mg last...
Started on Prednisone 15 mg last July ... I am tapering off the prednisone as ... my diet, those types of things) The prednisone ... has helped but time to get off if it ... issues so you must taper SLOWLY and