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@lashley7 I understand you not wanting to live with the possible side effects of steroids. But...
Then as he was tapering off Prednisone ... , had tapered to 12.5 mg by February ... Fever (he had low-grade fever on and off ... #39;m not sure it's wise to self-taper ... I think it's better to follow tapering
I started at 10mg last August after a bout with Covid. I stayed at that level...
Her taper was 10-7.5-5-4-3-2-1. ... That is six months of tapering. ... little complex but it cut 6 weeks off ... 2.5 I started shaving a day or two off ... www.drugs.com/medical-answers/good-prednisone-taper-schedule
You might want to give this tapering plan a try to see if it can help...
You might want to give this tapering ... try to see if it can help you get off ... of prednisone. -- Dead slow and
Posted: Mar 28 4:08pm
I wouldn't say I'm completely over it but I'm getting close. I sometimes think about everything...
I never had any problems tapering off ... prednisone when it treated uveitis. ... followed by a fast taper to quell uveitis ... tapers." I wasn't so skilled ... with tapering off prednisone after
Posted: Apr 10 5:00pm
How is anyone supposed to know when PMR "burns out" or "self limited itself? If PMR...
did that, it wasn't like an on/off ... I lowered my prednisone dose gradually ... I wanted prednisone but probably not ... That allowed me to taper quickly down ... to 3 mg of prednisone.
Posted: Apr 10 6:41am
Prednisone has lingering side effects after we taper off. When I tapered off prednisone, having no...
after we taper off. ... When I tapered off prednisone, having ... off prednisone slowly. ... https://www.verywellhealth.com/does-prednisone-tapering-minimize-withdrawal ... off slowly is to take Prednisone for
Posted: Mar 20 7:15pm
Hello @dj13, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @dadcue and others....
I was started on 20 mg prednisone also ... prednisone but my rheumatologist told ... of 1 to 10 along with my dosage of prednisone ... greater on my scale, then I would hold off ... off of prednisone with the last six
Posted: Mar 17 12:12pm
Hi John, Thanks for your work with this forum. It’s a great resource for patients to...
I am in my 4th year with GCA, on prednisone ... Actemra infusions would allow me to taper ... off the prednisone, got to 1.5 mg and ... temporal pain and have had to go to 30 mg prednisone
Posted: Nov 13, 2023
I will have to discuss that with my Rheumy. The taper schedule for the ocular prednisone...
The taper schedule for the ocular prednisone ... Then off. ... Has anyone else had trouble tapering ... off the eye drops?
My PMR flared for the first time shortly after weight training and also viral exposure on...
was in control, and I subsequently tapered ... down to 20 mg/day of Prednisone, I ... I tapered completely off Prednisone
Posted: May 21 1:49pm
@megz Thank you for your explanation of what happened to you and what you've learned about...
Nine months went by, he was tapering ... GCA and it works to help get people off ... prednisone faster. ... hoping and praying we can continue to taper ... at rebuilding bone when they're off
Posted: May 24 9:46am
@johnbishop Hi John, Thanks for your response. He doesn't currently have an infection. Our concern is...
Lipitor and all supplements, just giving Prednisone ... He's lowered his prednisone from ... Actemra, and we're still in the tapering ... Some of his worst side-effects from Prednisone ... The goal is to get him off prednisone
Posted: May 23 5:17pm
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 8:28am
Will 3 mg be the lowest dose you have been on since the start of PMR?...
off prednisone. ... My tapering problems would begin at ... from 10 mg to 7 mg --- I only tapered ... I increased my taper to 1 mg per week ... When we taper our prednisone dose lower
Posted: Dec 5, 2023
My ophthalmologist said something similar when he prescribed a 100 mg dose of prednisone for uveitis....
I tapered off prednisone quickly after ... He said I was skilled with prednisone ... tapers because I tapered off prednisone ... It took me more than 12 years to taper ... off prednisone when I took it for PMR
Hello @gee18, I'm sorry to hear you having trouble with the treatment for PMR and GCA....
your symptoms but tapering sent your ... wondering if you may have been trying to taper ... off of prednisone too quickly. ... listen to my body when it comes to tapering ... that determine when it's time to taper
Posted: Dec 13, 2023