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Hello @carina, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for sharing your experience with PMR. It...
you for sharing your experience with PMR ... I also have PMR but it's currently ... years at which time I was able to taper ... off of prednisone. ... off of prednisone.
Hi Roland, I'm 74 with PMR and small fiber peripheral neuropathy. The PMR does come out...
Hi Roland, I'm 74 with PMR and small ... The PMR does come out of nowhere. ... remission soon and you will be able to taper ... off of the prednisone.
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 17, 2017
Thank you John. I'm currently researching the benefits of taking CoQ10 to help reduce the symptoms...
CoQ10 to help reduce the symptoms of PMR ... with the hope it will allow me to taper ... off Prednisone more quickly.
Hi @rayhorne, welcome to Connect. I'm sorry your wife is having pain with her feet. I...
lot with my polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... Prednisone helps with that to get rid ... I'm currently trying to taper off of ... the drug and hoping the PMR goes back
Discussion: arthritic feet
Posted: Apr 8, 2017
Hello @helloshelly7969 - I have PMR and can share that prednisone was the magic pill for...
Hello @helloshelly7969 - I have PMR ... and can share that prednisone was the ... My first occurrence of PMR over 10 years ... and it took me 3 years to taper off ... and then my PMR came out of remission
Discussion: New to Humira
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 30, 2017
Hello @barbararene, The first time my PMR came out it took me 3 years to taper...
barbararene, The first time my PMR ... came out it took me 3 years to taper ... off of prednisone. ... before he was able to get off of the prednisone
Posted: Sep 28, 2017
Hello @obetv, welcome to Connect. I also have PMR which is currently in remission. I can...
I also have PMR which is currently in ... I can tell you the each of us with PMR ... My first occurrence of PMR was in 2007 ... and it took me 3 years to taper off ... The second occurrence I tapered much
Posted: Nov 13, 2018
A quick summary of my experience with PMR : I was diagnosed 1and 1/2 years ago...
quick summary of my experience with PMR ... and was put on 20 mg dose which was tapered ... I have since tapered slowly down to ... about how long I can expect to be on prednisone
Posted: Nov 13, 2018
Hi @rogernj67, I think @alanbruce might be referring to working with your doctor to come up...
doctor to come up with a schedule for tapering ... withdrawal: Why taper down slowly? ... 20057923 Here is another discussion on tapering ... of PMR I started on 20 mg of prednisone ... with your doctor and come up with a tapering
I am a primary care physician and have had PMR for 3 years. Prednisone is the...
primary care physician and have had PMR ... Prednisone is the only medication that ... I have burst and tapered several times ... I am always tapering and got as low
Hi @susanski -- Welcome to Connect. The pain from PMR can be excruciating and I too...
over 3 years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone and it was an up ... second time around was 6 years after I tapered ... of PMR. ... I was put on 20 mg prednisone after
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Sep 30, 2019
Hi @marilyncarkner, I have had two occurrences of PMR both treated with an initial starting dosage...
marilyncarkner, I have had two occurrences of PMR ... Both times I was able to successfully taper ... beneficial for all of us dealing with PMR ... we really are all different in how PMR ... Are you still on prednisone?
Posted: Sep 24, 2019
Hi Rex @rexbeer, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Prednisone is that magic pill for arthritis. I...
I have polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) ... I have had two occurrences of PMR six ... first time it took me about 3 years to taper ... off of prednisone. ... occurrence it took me about 1-1/2 years to taper
Posted: Jan 17, 2019
Well unfortunately I've had a relapse and I am back to 15mg of prednisone per day....
a relapse and I am back to 15mg of prednisone ... doing fairly well most of the summer, tapered ... 7.5mg, but started having symptoms of PMR
Hi Barbara, don't give up. My PMR went into remission after 3 years of tapering off...
My PMR went into remission after 3 years ... of tapering off of prednisone. ... withdrawal pain but more likely that the prednisone ... causes the pain so you take away the prednisone
Posted: Jul 28, 2017
Hello @robin1040, Welcome to Connect. I think we all wanted to be done with prednisone as...
think we all wanted to be done with prednisone ... when we were first diagnosed with PMR ... but each of us are different and tapering ... to taper off. ... when you wake up and your dosage of prednisone
Posted: Apr 12, 2023
Thanks Alan @alanbruce. I'm happy it's not the PMR. I have had similar experiences because I...
I'm happy it's not the PMR. ... Hoping you can finally get off of the prednisone ... It took me a little over 3 years to taper ... off the first time PMR showed up.
@ambershe and @sammiesarah - my first onset of PMR happened when I was 64. Here's some...
and @sammiesarah - my first onset of PMR ... PMC2287267/ I've had 2 onsets of PMR ... What I've learned about tapering ... off of prednisone is that each of us ... first occurrence took me 3 years to taper
Hi:I am a 53 year old female , diagnosed with PMR when I was 51. We...
53 year old female , diagnosed with PMR ... We are both very young to have PMR from ... Stress can play a part in PMR, but I ... I have been tapering for the last two ... years on prednisone.