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I’ve had PMR for 15 years, on prednisone for 5 years now. Prednisone never got rid...
I’ve had PMR for 15 years, on prednisone ... Prednisone never got rid of my pain ... Even with methotrexate. ... effects and I’m weaning down on my prednisone ... from the years of inflammation and prednisone
Posted: Aug 12, 2024
I was diagnosed with GCA/PMR in October 2023. Put on 60 to 40 mg prednisone for...
Put on 60 to 40 mg prednisone for the ... Got down to 2 mg of prednisone and the ... No Actemra, Kevzara, or methotrexate ... After eight months of prednisone therapy ... I have not returned to prednisone therapy
Thank you for your reply, John. I appreciate the Pub Med article on methotrexate use with...
appreciate the Pub Med article on methotrexate ... use with prednisone. ... The addition of methotrexate to my med ... cocktail” was to, of course, get off prednisone ... taking 2 mg. more than when I started methotrexate
Posted: Jun 22, 2018
I was diagnosed with PMR last June. My prednisone doses have been on a roller coaster...
My prednisone doses have been on a roller ... weeks ago and she decidec to put me on Methotrexate ... I am currently on 11mg prednisone daily ... would take 6 to 8 weeks before the Methotrexate ... I have quite a few from the prednisone
Posted: Mar 25 12:34pm
Unfortunately you can't simply stop taking prednisone. Methotrexate might help you get off Prednisone sooner if...
Methotrexate might help you get off ... No guarantee methotrexate will work ... The research evidence that methotrexate ... Methotrexate probably allowed me to ... Methotrexate was making me ... let&
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
I would probably pick Kevzara if I had to do it over again. As Dadcue mentioned....
my choice would be this instead of prednisone ... You have already made the choice of prednisone ... can be stopped once you finish the prednisone ... Methotrexate might work and save you
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Yes, I ended six weeks ago (July 6). PMR had started in mid-May of the previous...
of the previous year, started 15mg Prednisone ... rheumatologist had been thinking about methotrexate ... #34; and for now, to continue with Prednisone ... wasn't there pre-PMR or while on Prednisone ... be better if I took a low dose of Prednisone
Yes, and I tried Enbrel for my psoriatic arthritis, but it wasn’t effective (not sure whether...
meds including Enbrel, Humira, Taltz, methotrexate ... , prednisone, etc. - and I know some ... I know metho. and prednisone aren’t.
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Posted: Aug 12, 2024
Hi G, I was diagnosed with PMR in 2016 after knee replacement and possible GCA. Was...
Was on 60 mg prednisone for weeks, then ... Went back up on prednisone, rheumatologist ... stiffness from Kevzara and taper down/off prednisone ... Methotrexate for 5 months did help the
Posted: Aug 11, 2024
I give your rheumatologist credit for wanting to "manage your pain." She isn't wrong for wanting...
As for being treated with methotrexate ... There was a time when Prednisone didn ... I read comments about Prednisone being ... FYI ... methotrexate was another devil ... I never want to go back on prednisone
Posted: Aug 5, 2024
Frustration again!! Rheumatologist finally got back to me after I sent a second message today. She...
you on the other med to get you off prednisone ... control pain. “ She keeps pushing methotrexate ... schedule it is for using other meds over prednisone
Posted: Aug 5, 2024
My rheumatologist prescribed Methotrexate as an addition to the prednisone because of the achy sore hands...
My rheumatologist prescribed Methotrexate ... as an addition to the prednisone because ... The tapering of the prednisone is still ... The Methotrexate can take up to 12 weeks
Posted: Aug 2, 2024
Glinda, Thank you for sharing your story. I can only imagine your frustration. My Rheumatologist is...
antibiotics stopped and I was started on prednisone ... I’m relapsing on prednisone at 5 mg ... and she’d like to put me on Methotrexate
Posted: Jul 8, 2024
Because of long term Prednisone above 5mg, I was put on Methotrexate in November. By May...
Because of long term Prednisone above ... 5mg, I was put on Methotrexate in November ... By May I saw no results from Methotrexate ... and could not go below 7mg Prednisone ... Why do I continue on Methotrexate when
Posted: Jul 7, 2024
So now I'm really curious ... Why have you been on a 5 mg maintenance dose...
been on a 5 mg maintenance dose of prednisone ... years, rheumatologists start trying methotrexate ... I needed much more than 10 mg of prednisone ... I was off Prednisone a year later. ... I have been Prednisone free for 3 years
The ones i have seen most frequently are higher cholesterol which is similar to what Prednisone...
cholesterol which is similar to what Prednisone ... PMR from flaring back up due to the prednisone ... Methotrexate is old standby but it has ... take it forever to get off the the prednisone
Posted: Jun 18, 2024