why the doctor wants you to take the prednisone ... pain to go away, hence the need to taper ... off slowly depending on how much pain ... you have when you taper.

When I was tapering, I didn't mind ... I tried to taper every 2 weeks but on ... could finally go from 1/2 to totally off ... prednisone and still had about a 1

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), prednisone ... your rheumatologist suggested a new tapering ... schedule for getting off of prednisone

I based all of my tapering on a daily ... I didn't taper down when it was ... up before I took my daily dose of prednisone ... off with the last six months going ... following method for titrating the dose of prednisone

Prednisone is the magic pill to make ... but it's something you want to taper ... off of as soon as it is possible which

At the moment I'm tapering off prednisone

overcome most of the worst symptoms and taper ... off of prednisone. ... another attack of PMR and go back on prednisone

training but I am pretty sure that the prednisone ... medical cannabis since I was able to taper ... off of prednisone and my PMR went into

1st time it took me 3-1/2 years to taper ... off of prednisone. ... mg and 1/2 mg until I was able to taper ... off with only minor pain. ... the rheumatologist about a slower tapering

post that you are now down to 7mg prednisone ... occurrences of PMR both started at 20mg prednisone ... first time it took me 3-1/2 years to taper ... off, the second time took me about ... a year and half to taper off. 60mg

Hi Judy @jnebrig, You mentioned you tapered ... off prednisone on May 25th and your ... The goal of tapering off is do to it ... slowly and only taper down if the pain ... off.

remission but I was prescribed 20mg prednisone ... the taping off process -- 3-1/2 years ... to taper off the first time, 1-1/2 ... years to taper off the second time. ... have some pain and you are on 40mg prednisone

was in 2007 and I wasn't able to taper ... off of prednisone for 3-1/2 years in ... There is another discussion on tapering ... may want to view here: PMR and tapering ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-and-tapering-will-blood-work-change

I have Chrohns Disease and was on prednisone ... I tapered off very slowly under the ... I am thrilled to be off prednisone as

The goal of tapering in the words of ... off as soon as you are able to do it ... me 3-1/2 years to go from 20 mg to off ... of prednisone with the last 6 months ... until I could finally stop taking the prednisone

& tapered off. ... the only thing we can do is rely on prednisone

I was thankful for prednisone also but ... was happy that I was able to taper ... off both times.

I was on 20 mg of prednisone for a year ... I had to taper off that dosage in six ... of time I was on the higher dose of prednisone

very next day I was receiving 1000 IV prednisone ... began with oral 80 mg and eventually tapered ... and could not rise out of chair or off ... checks with each blood draw before tapering ... My Prednisone Side Effects: Insomnia

in 2006-2007 and he was able to get off ... of prednisone within a year and has ... I took 3-1/2 years to taper off the ... I was able to taper off in about 1-1 ... 's better to taper slowly.