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Hi @charlena, I think it takes an experienced rheumatologist to actually diagnose PMR (my non-medical training...
diagnosed the PMR and put me on 20 mg prednisone ... with a taper off schedule after a few ... Took me three years to get off of the ... prednisone. ... history/diagnosis for PMR she put me on prednisone
Posted: Jul 28, 2017
@barbararene, I want to encourage you to consult with your doctor before making any changes with...
But I had been treated with prednisone ... medical team that I could begin to taper ... off of it. ... I have reached my 0mg prednisone dosage ... Yes, prednisone is a little teeny pill
Posted: Jul 12, 2017
I'm on week 2 at 5 mg. I'm trying to go down by 1 mg every...
My doctor suggested tapering down 1 ... months between 1 mg and 1/2 mg of prednisone ... my Mayo rheumatologist on different tapering ... off schedules.
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
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
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
I'm currently doing Actemra infusions primarily for PMR. I started with Actemra injections and progressed to...
was my best chance of ever getting off ... I was able to taper off prednisone and ... Actemra is keeping me off prednisone ... I was able to get off prednisone with ... which has to be tapered off slowly.
Discussion: Actemra
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Dec 9, 2023
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!
@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
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
Hi @rocjr1, Welcome to Connect. I think it's always a good plan to discuss options with...
off prednisone. ... on 1/18/24 and started with 20 mg prednisone ... currently at 17.5 mg prednisone with ... off. ... off which I attribute to making a lifestyle
Posted: Jan 30 8:59am
@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 10:51am
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 9:44pm
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 9:44am
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.
Posted: Feb 21 9:53am
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
Hi @ccarrasca, Welcome to Connect. 8 years is a long time for an occurrence of PMR....
lasted 3 and half years before I could taper ... off of prednisone and then it returned ... and it took me 1 and a half years to taper ... off the second time. ... Both times I was started with 20 mg prednisone