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Am very sorry to learn of your diagnosis. I've had Temporal Arteritis (GCA) for 7 years....
Tapers of the drug must be done slowly ... adrenal failure, so never just go off ... Prednisone just because you're feeling ... Then recovery slows with the taper. ... Depending on how much Prednisone you're
Posted: Apr 10, 2016
Do you have lymphatic or collagenous colits? I was dx with collagenous colitis 4 years ago...
Prednisone is the only drug that controls ... Regretfully, I'm back on Prednisone ... and am tapering it down to get off of ... effective it actually is until I'm off ... the Prednisone.
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Nov 27, 2011
@nyxygirl Thank-you for the article about the debate doctors are having. I was good to read...
I was able to taper off prednisone in ... off prednisone for 12 years without ... The goal should be to taper off prednisone ... off prednisone was doing bad things ... Once I was able to get off prednisone
Hello All -- the official publication of the ACR is the "Rheumatologist" and has very recent...
to me on page two is this rapid taper ... don’t think of PMR as requiring high prednisone ... treated with at least 15 milligrams of prednisone ... off steroids within a year, a meta-analysis ... well my current trajectory is zero Prednsone
I was diagnosed with PMR in November 2022 at 58 yrs old, and started on 20...
Hopefully my doctor will take me off ... My Lessons learned: 1) go slow on tapering ... very slow as my body got used to the prednisone ... . 2) as prednisone drops, the old
Posted: Jun 18, 2024
I have no experience with Kevzara but I have over 15 years of experience with PMR....
off Prednisone no matter how slowly ... off prednisone anymore. ... off Prednisone within one year. ... off Prednisone except for underlying ... I tapered off Prednisone and have remained
Discussion: Kevzara
Posted: Sep 15, 2024
"My recent tests showed adrenal insufficiency, after I had gone down from 5 to 4 mg....
similar impasse when I couldn't taper ... would NOT make another attempt to taper ... off prednisone. ... off prednisone. ... Now I realize that getting off prednisone
Posted: Nov 11, 2024
Congratulations! Many of us are still on the tapper journey. I too sat for too long...
Many of us are still on the tapper journey ... 1year) and are determined to slowly taper ... off, listen to my body and understand ... discomfort against just increasing predisone ... over a year so my symptoms should be predisone
Posted: Nov 9, 2024
Methotrexate works for many people but not for everyone. The trick is finding what medication works...
their patients on "long term" prednisone ... depends on what side effects from prednisone ... problem is finding an alternative to Prednisone ... works well when someone is unable to taper ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Nov 7, 2024
"So I can't be converted to a life-is-better-without-prednisone position till I have a reasonably good chance...
converted to a life-is-better-without-prednisone ... I desperately wanted to be off prednisone ... Prednisone was very hard on my body ... Fortunately, I was able to taper off ... Prednisone relatively quickly after
In my opinion, prednisone perpetuates PMR after the adrenals are suppressed. I wonder how many people...
In my opinion, prednisone perpetuates ... However, when we attempt to taper off ... prednisone, we are confronted with ... that I'm "better" being off ... Prednisone.
Posted: Oct 25, 2024
I started with Actemra (tociliumab) injections every 2 weeks. After a year, the injections were changed...
I wasn't ever able to taper my Prednisone ... It only took me a year to get off prednisone ... taper. ... was told at that low of a dose, no taper ... I did a "countdown taper" -
Posted: Oct 21, 2024
I just did some searching on the internet to see if other people were having the...
could have all been caused by them tapering ... me off the prednisone. ... #39;t like the side effects of the prednisone ... help if I was put back on it and then tapered ... back off.
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Oct 8, 2024
Hi @jenb I have both PMR and GCA. Before I was diagnosed I had severe itching...
already, and get a new schedule for tapering ... prednisone. ... I took Prednisone for a year and a half ... , was off it a year , then relapsed. ... I'm back on Prednisone now.
I am now on Kevzara for 5 months after two years of being on prednisone and...
months after two years of being on prednisone ... and finally on July 1 ‘24I tapered ... off prednisone . 14 months ago my
Posted: Oct 3, 2024
Hi Mike @domiha, My PMR was diagnosed by a Mayo Rochester rheumatologist. My primary care doctor...
lunch and the doctor had me pick up a prednisone ... It took me 3-1/2 years to taper off ... of the prednisone for my first time
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 30, 2024
I wonder if it's the side effects of coming down off the Prednisone. When I came...
;s the side effects of coming down off ... the Prednisone. ... then from 5 to 4mg, my doctor started tapering ... though it took a little longer, the tapering
Posted: Sep 29, 2024
I suffer from Polymyalgia Rheumatica. (PMR) an autoimmune disease. As with many autoimmunes steroids are used...
Prednisone is an anti inflammatory and ... Prednisone is supplying it. ... will have to slowly restart while you taper ... off prednisone. ... You will go into extreme pain if you taper
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Sep 28, 2024