Good Morning: I was diagnosed with PMR ... I was put on 60mg of Prednisone and ... course of a year and a half I have tapered ... clues me into the idea that pain is PMR ... The conclusion is that PMR is creating

This is my first bout with PMR, started ... this past summer on 15 mg prednisone ... the poor possible side effects from prednisone ... and have had success in tapering my ... blood pressure is lower than before pmr

got “bumped” up to a “respiratory “taper ... of prednisone for this stubborn case ... They wanted to do a 60/40/20mg taper ... of 9 days (temp. dc’d my 7.5 mg for PMR ... feel a little more like my “normal” PMR

that the inflammation and pain from PMR ... damage occuring in the body and that Prednisone ... will do me more harm than the PMR. ... immunosuppressive medication to replace Prednisone ... I have read a number of research papers

love to try a biologic to get off prednisone ... I’m tapering off prednisone presently ... now of very little exercise due to PMR

;t seem any less but I was able to taper ... weren't anything like my original PMR ... She said there was no need to taper ... I did a fast taper anyway over a week ... to both adrenal insufficiency and PMR

Well, my third attempt at tapering didn ... When this happened on my first taper ... Now here I am post Taper #3, back at ... The thing is that it seems to me my PMR ... that they're contraindicated for Prednisone

these medications were started after PMR ... only on a short term basis before PMR ... couple of days followed by a fast taper ... After PMR was diagnosed, I was on Prednisone ... have been stopped when I was able to taper

dose for both of my occurrences of PMR ... doctor suspect GCA in addition to the PMR ... consider asking your doctor to prescribe prednisone ... That makes it much easier when tapering ... with my blood pressure meds and my PMR

a very long time and you can't taper ... off Prednisone, a rheumatologist at ... I was officially diagnosed with PMR ... novel therapy, it took me a year to taper ... off Prednisone.

PMR does go into remission and will ... have the ability to not take prednisone ... I have been tapering down from 10 mg

I have successfully tapered with minimal ... pain , and no prednisone increases ... marker testing, it is probably not PMR ... should not provoke an increase in prednisone

After 2 failed attempts in tapering ... to 3 mg Prednisone. ... In previous attempts to taper, once ... I'm currently tapering at 1 mg/two ... and I feel the best I have since the PMR

and do a fast taper for 30+ flares ... I didn't have any difficulty tapering ... PMR was diagnosed at the age of 52 but ... After PMR was diagnosed, I was told ... I wasn't able to taper off Prednisone

-------- There are some very slow tapering ... There is a point when people take prednisone ... longer than needed for PMR. ... the "average duration" of PMR ... a small sample size that suggested PMR

12 years to treat PMR. ... it more difficult to taper off prednisone ... The biologic was used to keep PMR in ... check while I tapered my prednisone ... no matter how slowly I tapered my prednisone

shot and flu vaccine now on 1 mg and tapering ... had both shots at higher doses of prednisone ... have no other health issues besides PMR

I had an onset of PMR last December ... concerned about the long term effects of prednisone ... I managed the PMR with twice daily Aleve ... daily about three weeks ago and I’m tapering ... forum have had such struggles with prednisone

to mention that the first time my PMR ... 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

PMR was treated with prednisone for ... rheumatologist, I still might have PMR ... insufficiency might have prevented me from tapering ... off prednisone sooner than I did. ... There were other prednisone related