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I completely understand how you feel. my situation is very similar to yours. I was diagnosed...
with the steroids that they didn’t taper ... insomnia and the weight gain from the prednisone ... put on your phone to take your focus off
I agree with finding a good rheumatologist. The rate at which you taper off prednisone can...
The rate at which you taper off prednisone ... I have had to taper much more slowly ... After several unsuccessful tapers my
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Posted: Mar 8, 2024
Hi @deborah57, I had PMR for a year, undiagnosed, pain on a scale of 10 out...
and tapered every two weeks. ... My rheumatologist advised me on the taper ... My taper went well and I was off prednisone ... In October, I will have been off it ... returned to my usual personality as the taper
Posted: Mar 7, 2024
@cropdoc, @emo, @ae2024, and all... YES! ITS AWFUL! Since Covid last July and again in November,...
make-up runs down my face and gets wiped off ... methatrexate 7.5 mg once weekly and 10mg Prednisone ... I've been up at night wiping off ... On paper towels to wipe my face and
To update: I had to stop the kevzara due to allergic reactions at the injection site...
looked great levels low and I was 3/4mg prednisone ... on my taper when stopping. ... is trying to get actemera but it is off ... I continue to attempt the taper and ... hope to get off prednisone someday!
Sulfasalazine and other DMARDS. My rheumy recently switched me to my third DMARD. First, I was...
self-injected and it seemed to help the tapering ... process to get off prednisone. ... Sulfasalazine and I am back on a slow taper ... from 7 mg of Prednisone. ... First, they allow us to taper off of
@nyxygirl. I did not split my doses. I took the dose for that day the same...
started with an aggressive dose of prednisone ... she smacked PMR in the mouth right off ... the bat, and I think my taper was
Discussion: Post prednisone
Posted: Feb 26, 2024
Someone else posted this article not too long ago. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/safe-dose-and-tapering-on-glucocorticoid-therapy/?pg=1#comment-1020760 I guess everyone was speechless or...
prevented PMR flares, I was able to taper ... nearly an entire year to completely taper ... off prednisone. ... I was able to taper off prednisone but ... improve for another year while I stayed off
Discussion: Synacthen Test
Posted: Feb 26, 2024
The following link spells it out. However, there is considerable controversy about what the "best way"...
best way" actually is for weaning off ... A slow tapering of the prednisone, less ... Once prednisone is tapered to 10 mg/ ... day, a further slow taper by 1 mg every ... I have been off prednisone for 2 years
Posted: Feb 25, 2024
Kate, you are lucky. Sounds like you have a great doctor. June, I am sorry you...
sorry you are not reacting well to prednisone ... She explained that you need enough prednisone ... I will manage my own tapering schedule ... start methotrexate and try to get off ... the prednisone.
@nyxygirl Thank-you for the article about the debate doctors are having. I was good to read...
I was able to taper off prednisone in ... off prednisone for 12 years without ... The goal should be to taper off prednisone ... off prednisone was doing bad things ... Once I was able to get off prednisone
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
Humira is a TNF inhibitor which isn't likely to help PMR. My experience with Humira was...
I was able to successfully taper off ... prednisone for the first time in more ... Soon after I tapered off prednisone ... While on Humira, I wasn't able to taper ... off prednisone again because PMR pain
Posted: Feb 1, 2024
@beaver, and all...I'm so sorry you've had a relapse! No fun! Yucky situation...I sent a message...
and a Folate supplement with 10mg Prednisone ... assists the steroid and allows us to taper ... off the steroid with better results ... the steroid intake...I've taken Prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 1, 2024
Hi Bev I had PMR and subsequently GCA going back to 2013. I am still on...
I am still on prednisone 7 mg for my ... I have been on and off with Actemra ... have the results of long-term use of prednisone ... Although prednisone is a lifesaver, ... to my skin, which is now like crêpe paper
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 26, 2024
No doubt the prednisone was awesome if you haven't taken it for a long time. Pity...
I have been off Actemra twice already ... panuveitis flared up as soon as I got off ... the fact that Actemra for PMR got me off ... except when I tapered my prednisone ... That worked well and I got off prednisone
Posted: Jan 25, 2024
A low dose of prednisone seems to help many people since they seem to stay on...
hundreds of my failed attempts to taper ... off prednisone during all those years ... I don't think I was tapering too ... To be able to get off prednisone, I ... Getting off prednisone will probably
Posted: Jan 24, 2024
The arthritis in my left hip flared when I was tapering off a low dose (10...
arthritis in my left hip flared when I was tapering ... off a low dose (10 mg) of prednisone
Posted: Jan 19, 2024
Hi; the Wilmingtonemperor here. I was diagnosed nearly a year ago with PMR. The highest dose...
I was put on a 12 week taper when I ... I tapered down to 2.5 as my Kevzara ... Last Tuesday, Jan 9, I came off prednisone ... I do not expect a flare since prednisone ... am 82 1/2 and hope not to ever take prednisone
I'm hoping that I will be free of this soon but I also expect some pain...
frustrating condition and I feel that the prednisone ... but it did give me relief until I tapered ... ..down to 2.5 now and hoping to be off ... second year anniversary of starting prednisone
Discussion: PMR Taper and pain
Posted: Jan 9, 2024