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Hi Tough deal for your daughter. I know someone with that disease, complicated by a combination...
treatments given are more for pain management ... Prednisone colchicine Topomax Toridol ... Some of those are pain management. ... Some symptoms can be controlled/or minimized ... gave a speech on it once as part of a Paper
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 30, 2017
Hello @bix53, I see that you have already connected with @joanna626 and I would like to...
like you are doing well with your prednisone ... tapering schedule. ... find helpful: --- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... What was your starting dose of prednisone
Posted: Aug 30, 2023
Welcome @diannepv1, So sorry to hear that the flu shot is causing so many problems for...
discussion you might find helpful for tapering ... down on prednisone: -- PMR Dosages ... and Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... discussion/pmr-dosages/ Have you been on prednisone
Last year I suddenly developed debilitating and painful symptoms - later diagnosed as PMR- after my...
developed debilitating and painful symptoms ... Symptoms managed now with prednisone ... & trying to taper off gradually
Hi, Been in here before. Diagnosed 8 yr ago. Seen all types of Doctors. Tried every...
The only thing that works is prednisone ... For me my gastro gave me a 2 week taper ... But symtoms always returned after 2 ... Longer than 5 days on prednisone seems ... Its manageable.
Hi @phogan0609, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear Mr. Ugly (PMR) has invaded your personal space....
Took 3 and half years to taper off of ... discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules ... comprehensive-overview-of-pmr/ What really helped me manage ... my symptoms was keeping a daily log ... Do you keep a log of your pain/symptoms
Posted: Mar 1 6:29pm
You have asked an interesting question. Nobody really knows how long PMR lasts except that prolonged...
I managed those flares with a high dose ... of prednisone followed by a fast taper ... and taper off within 4 weeks. ... A fast taper didn't work and that ... because the adrenal insufficiency symptoms
Posted: Apr 16 4:39pm
Hi @eby, Good experience tapering off of prednisone is probably not the way most of us...
of prednisone is probably not the way ... most of us that have done the prednisone ... member comments and discussions on managing ... PMR symptoms. ... search=pmr%20managing%20symptoms.
Discussion: Working with PMR
Posted: Mar 13 7:26am
I had COVID Dec 16, 2023. Tested negative Dec. 27, 2023. Woke up Jan 11, 2025...
Woke up Jan 11, 2025 with PMR symptoms ... Started prednisone that day@15 mg. ... Tapered of@ 2.5mg and off prednisone ... except for some arthritis which I have managed ... also had a relatively quick term of prednisone
Posted: Dec 29, 2024
If you have intermittent flares of iritis, that generally isn't associated with PMR --- iritis is...
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/iritis/symptoms-causes ... diagnosed with PMR and getting on Prednisone ... --- there isn't any tapering method ... I didn't finally get off Prednisone ... I have managed to learn a few things
Posted: Dec 2, 2024
Hi thank you so much for your answer. I in fact went through pages and pages...
life but it’s never caused physical symptoms ... ventolin and the orange one) as well as prednisone ... After I returned to work, symptoms with ... Two nights I managed but it was torture ... thing to add is that I was a heavy vaper
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Nov 25, 2024
I understand how you feel. I was lucky that the right rheumatologist found me! The possibility...
I was managing myself with the Prednisone ... ophthalmologist said I was very skilled at tapering ... I always tapered off Prednisone in about ... diseases-conditions/trigeminal-neuralgia/symptoms-causes ... months prior to the onset of my PMR symptoms
It’s my understanding this is pretty common. I’ve heard of others mentioning it but the same...
managing your stress hormones, and ... when you taper off, your body can have ... The conundrum is the symptoms of adrenal ... insufficiency are very similar to symptoms ... quality of life to switch medications to taper
Posted: Sep 3, 2024
@yeb I don't think you are alone in your struggle to get off of prednisone when...
alone in your struggle to get off of prednisone ... be helpful. -- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... difference to half of my previous taper ... less than the previous dose when I tapered
I was never sold the idea that I would be "pain free." I was told the...
#34; I was told the pain would be managed ... with prednisone and the pain would ... I was able to taper off prednisone. ... My steroid withdrawal symptoms were ... I still have some pain but the symptoms
Posted: May 21, 2024
Hi @dadcue and everyone really- Thanks so much for the detailed replies and resources. Sorry to...
taper. ... January, he’s had more and more trouble tapering ... of life would be worth forcing the taper ... I say the symptoms of the prednisone ... Take the prednisone to manage the PMR
Posted: Apr 17, 2024
That’s consistent with my experience too. I had a good long stretch of over a year...
was well controlled, no flares, no symptoms ... “We’ve spent three years managing symptoms ... big flare and he put me on 20mg of Prednisone ... and tapered me down I have had
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Posted: Mar 11, 2024
@bitsygirl, The prednisone is the magic pill that makes PMR symptoms go away or at least...
@bitsygirl, The prednisone is the magic ... PMR it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone. ... remission it took me a year and a half to taper ... search=pmr+managing+symptoms.
Posted: Jan 22, 2024
Hello @whyohwhy, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @dadcue and others....
I did struggle tapering off the first ... and more exercise and was able to taper ... the following discussion helpful for managing ... the symptoms: --- PMR Dosages and ... Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org
Posted: Jan 2, 2024
Hi @svsmgm07, Welcome to Connect. Each of us are a little different when it comes to...
little different when it comes to tapering ... of the game to reduce flare ups and managing ... find helpful: --- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... up in the morning and the dose or prednisone