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I am looking for advice - I contracted PMR in mid-September and started 10mg of prednisone...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/984219/
mid-September and started 10mg of prednisone ... my intake to 15mg per day or maybe alternate
Budesonide is a steroid. My friend, who has ulcerative colitis, takes a different steroid, the most...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/980167/
steroid, the most often prescribed prednisone ... Is that an alternative for you?
Hello @gee18, I'm sorry to hear you having trouble with the treatment for PMR and GCA....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/979746/
discussion that you might find helpful on alternatives ... .
--- PMR: Are there treatment alternatives ... to Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone ... have some thoughts or suggestions on alternative
@teddyz I also am on a very slow taper -- now at 6.5 mg of Prednisone...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/979108/
very slow taper -- now at 6.5 mg of Prednisone ... Also, I start by alternating my old
3 years an.d on prednisone 10 ,got down to 5 once for awhile. I have not...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/975912/
3 years an.d on prednisone 10 ,got ... I have not found any alternative treatments
@tjmjsjwj. Thank you for your reply. I was also treated by my internist and I had...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/975458/
I tolerated prednisone well so didn’ ... t have to take any alternatives.
Hi @jixster, That's a really good question. Prednisone works well to control the PMR pain but...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/974419/
Prednisone works well to control the ... here:
--- PMR: Are there treatment alternatives ... to Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone ... /
Have you discussed alternatives
@xplantguy1212 I too was a brittle Type 1 diabetic and had started developing complications of diabetes...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/956313/
stomach upsets, nausea, cramping pain, alternating ... The prednisone I took was a temporary
Hi, I too developed a lot of severe side effects on prednisone. And then there was...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/924343/
additional medicines to address the prednisone ... I am still weaning off prednisone but ... And of course my prednisone dose continue ... various drugs but please know there are alternatives ... , especially in my case when prednisone
Hello @taylorannette555, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @marmak and others....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/923836/
sorry to hear you were cut off of prednisone ... rheumatologist able to offer any helpful alternatives
@richlub Even if you never had surgery, you may have tight fascia in your body that...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/919484/
I do try to alternate now, to stretch ... Pain relievers and prednisone did nothing
My rheumatologist originally gave me standing orders for monthly crp and sed rate tests. Both were...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/908933/
My current prednisone dose has greatly ... through it without increasing the prednisone ... I'm now alternating between 8.5 ... to 8 for 2 weeks and then will try alternating
Hi @lanieg, I'm sorry to hear that the prednisone is messing with your blood glucose. That...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/876418/
lanieg, I'm sorry to hear that the prednisone ... you are struggling to taper off of prednisone ... or need alternatives.
--- PMR: Are ... there treatment alternatives to Prednisone ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone
Wishing you luck... I don't know if GCA could pop up again as a problem, but...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870650/
But on the prednisone dose, if this ... never diagnosed with GCA; his highest prednisone ... to cut the pills, we would either alternate ... doses (i.e. alternate 30 mg with 25 ... His rheumatologist is suggesting alternating
Hello @bren2023, There is another discussion that might be helpful answering your question. --- What's a...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/868724/
a good anti inflammation drug (not prednisone ... recommended-anti-inflamation-drug-not-prednisone-for-pmp ... Have you discussed alternatives to prednisone
Before I was diagnosed with PMR and began taking prednisone, I tried a number of things...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/865862/
diagnosed with PMR and began taking prednisone ... the 3rd treatment and began taking prednisone ... Prior to prednisone I was almost limited ... Obviously I am a big fan of prednisone ... dealt with PMR to suggest all sorts of alternatives
Hello @dnricketts, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860646/
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--- PMR: Are there treatment alternatives ... to Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone ... concerns of long term side effects of prednisone
I become confused by the concerns over longtime use of prednisone, a concern doctors share with...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841329/
the concerns over longtime use of prednisone ... have found life unbearable without prednisone ... longevity/disease outcomes between prednisone ... (My rheumatologist said prednisone reduces ... my case for ten months) with a life altering
Yes ... I was offered Actemra (tocilizumab) for PMR after "all other treatment alternatives failed." That...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/825958/
PMR after "all other treatment alternatives ... I tried to taper off prednisone starting ... My overall goal was to get off prednisone ... I was able to taper off prednisone in ... I have been off prednisone for nearly
Hello @lestep, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @tillysam and others....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/825893/
Tapering off prednisone while managing ... body when it comes to tapering off of prednisone ... first got up along with the dose of prednisone ... relapse therapies): Taper daily oral prednisone ... using schedules such as 10/7.5 mg alternate
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