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Hello @sue16833, Welcome to Connect, an online community where patients and caregivers share their experiences, find...
and lived with a little pain while tapering ... off of prednisone. ... I kept a daily log of my prednisone ... When it was time to taper to the next ... diagnosed with PMR and started on prednisone
Posted: May 24, 2021
I joined this forum a couple of days ago and since then have read every post...
correct blood work and prescribed 20 mg prednisone ... tell the rheumatologist to take me off ... the Prednisone--I felt so good! ... and plan to follow a slow and smart taper
@sunnyflower Im so happy to hear that your doctor is going to help you! And it...
you to ask about me.I’m currently on prednisone ... on CellCept before but the doctor tapered ... my prednisone too fast and I had a ... be sure to let me know how getting off
Hello @ingekunga, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. The 6 months of back and forth between 1...
and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg prednisone ... was after 2-1/2 years of being on prednisone ... off by trying to go down by 1/2 mg ... off of prednisone, my rheumatologist ... to the next lower dosage, I tapered
What really helped me with tapering slowly was my rheumatologist providing prescriptions for the 1 mg...
What really helped me with tapering ... for the 1 mg as well as the 2.5 mg prednisone ... 1/2 mg until I was finally able to taper ... completely off of prednisone.
Hello @golfbarmie, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for sharing your journey with GCA and...
Have you tried going down in your prednisone ... I had trouble tapering below 1 mg for ... 1 mg tablets to see if that helped tapering ... months before I was finally able to taper ... off with only minimal discomfort on
@munchie, I really don't think anyone doctor or patient really knows the answer to your question....
lasted 3 and half years before I could taper ... off of the 20 mg prednisone used at ... last 1 and half years before I could taper ... off of the same 20 mg dosage. ... be achieved with a 15-mg/d dose of prednisone
Hi @barbq, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @legendts and others....
Normally the prednisone will keep the ... off very slowly while keeping any pain ... If I was at 1 or 2 I could taper to ... the next lower dose of prednisone. ... Eventually I was tapering off by 1 or
I have PMR/GCA for 2 years and have been on fosamax for most of that time....
Although I’m tapered to 5 mg Prednisone ... wants me to stay on fosomax until I’m off ... of prednisone.
@karinaph, I have been diagnosed with GCA since June, 1919. Because I had already lost my...
remember the exact doses), and had tapered ... to 2.5 mg when I was suddenly taken off ... I was also taken off Clozapine at that ... without tapering for long enough, was ... Be careful and be sure to taper slowly
Posted: Feb 23, 2021
@moni54, Each of us is different when it comes to tapering and how PMR affects us....
of us is different when it comes to tapering ... I discussed tapering and got some tips ... The last 6 months before I tapered off ... week until I was able to stop taking prednisone
Hello @moni54, Welcome to Connect. Thanks for sharing your PMR story. I'm with you on the...
on the rather be on a lower dose of prednisone ... rheumatologist started me on 20 mg prednisone ... off. ... off and the 1-2 on the pain scale was ... The last six months of each I tapered
Hello again John. I think your view of PMR symptoms being largely driven by inflammation is...
place as we all know that staying on Prednisone ... will recommend some other type of taper ... tuck in a shirt, or pick up something off
@jullieh A taper off prednisone with followup on your bloodwork, to monitor you, may be the...
@jullieh A taper off prednisone with ... your Dr's said the reason for the prednisone ... My husband was put on prednisone some
I have had PMR for about three years. After finding the side effects of Prednisone unwelcome,...
After finding the side effects of Prednisone ... unwelcome, I tapered off it, but still ... Is polyuria an after effect of prednisone
Hello @frankenstein, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You will notice we moved your post to an...
occurrences of PMR that were treated with prednisone ... control the pain/inflammation with the prednisone ... and to taper off as soon as possible ... off, the second time 6 years after ... off.