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Hi @relauzon, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm not sure there is any "correct" way to...
there is any "correct" way to taper ... off of prednisone since each of us ... having with my first occurrence of PMR ... mg dosage for both occurrences of PMR ... off of prednisone.
I am 56 and was diagnosed with PMR in Dec 2019, been on Prednisone since Aug...
I am 56 and was diagnosed with PMR ... in Dec 2019, been on Prednisone since ... was up to 30 mg/day for awhile then tapered ... Want to taper off prednisone but found ... said it will go away 1-3 yrs, but my PMR
Thank you John for the welcome! Also, thank you for sharing with me how you taper...
thank you for sharing with me how you taper ... Before I got PMR I ran 9 miles 3 times ... maintain exercise since I have been on Prednisone
Thanks for starting a PMR Group Ethan @ethanmcconkey! I hope other members with PMR will share...
Thanks for starting a PMR Group Ethan ... I hope other members with PMR will share ... I've had 2 occurrences of PMR. ... off of prednisone. ... off of prednisone.
For the record, I did take statins maybe for 3 or 4 years before getting PMR...
maybe for 3 or 4 years before getting PMR ... Also for the record I was able to taper ... off Prednisone completely by the end ... I was originally diagnosed with PMR ... I believe that Prednisone caused me
Posted: Dec 8, 2019
Hi @vfaye, I don't think any of us diagnosed with PMR like the idea of taking...
like the idea of taking prednisone ... years I was continually trying to taper ... off of prednisone. ... Then when off prednisone, the PMR went ... before I was able to taper off again
Posted: Dec 7, 2019
I have been on prednisone for three years--I am sorry to say. My PMR included neck,...
My PMR included neck, shoulders, biceps ... By the time I had tapered to about 10 ... My doctor, however, thought the PMR ... I learned that about 40% of PMR patients ... and legs suggests that you are in a PMR
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Oct 12, 2019
It was not originally prescribed to take the place of ,but to assist the prednisone to...
take the place of ,but to assist the prednisone ... to taper off. ... dose if needed and I do.I started on prednisone ... almost 4 years ago when my GCA and PMR
Hi @kirby, Welcome to Connect. Thanks for sharing your PMR journey with us. It can be...
Thanks for sharing your PMR journey ... lasted 3 years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone. ... it came back and I started on 20 mg prednisone ... again and was able to taper off in
@ambershe you are doing great. Like @kdmorris says everyone responds a little different to tapering off...
off of prednisone. ... My first occurrence of PMR took 3 years ... to taper off. ... I was tapering on a weekly basis. ... I think it helps to keep a tapering
Hi @susieflamilngo -- Have you discussed the use of Leflunomide and Methotrexate along with prednisone with...
I have only used prednisone for my PMR ... would also ask them if they have a tapering ... are all different in the way the the PMR ... affects us I don't think any tapering ... At first I was tapering down on a weekly
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: May 26, 2019
Thank you for your post. I, too, thought PMR would go into remission in about a...
I, too, thought PMR would go into remission ... and am currently taking 12 MGS of prednisone ... I am tapering 1 MG per month.
@peggyn @jjwest -- I have been a member of the closed Facebook group Solutions to Peripheral...
foggy brain and they are difficult to taper ... I know how great the prednisone makes ... episode of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 14, 2019
Hello @gll104, welcome to Connect. I have no medical training or background but I have had...
rheumatologist started me on 20 mg of prednisone ... with the goal of gradually tapering ... disease and some never get off of prednisone ... I tried to taper down too fast the first ... lasted 1-1/2 years and I was able to taper
I was diagnosed with PMR Nov 2017 and am 52 yrs old. I started at 20mg...
I was diagnosed with PMR Nov 2017 and ... I started at 20mg of prednisone and ... I am now tapering off or trying too. ... , I was tapering every 2 weeks, is that ... or prednisone?
@lindapc - I have had GCA and tapered off the Prednisone in October. I did have...
@lindapc - I have had GCA and tapered ... off the Prednisone in October. ... that I was a little depressed on the Prednisone ... I have never had PMR.
Hello @dsteede, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for sharing your struggle with what I...
You are so right about prednisone being ... Slow and easy is the trick to tapering ... off of prednisone. ... of members here with experience on tapering ... off of prednisone.
Hi @noosat1 and @dar9216, It's really great to hear you having success tapering down on the...
really great to hear you having success tapering ... down on the prednisone. ... up in the morning even though the PMR
Hello @awag, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I also have PMR but it is currently in...
I also have PMR but it is currently ... I was started on 20 mg prednisone for ... both occurrences and was able to taper ... of activity or mild exercise while tapering ... off of prednisone and to accept a little