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Hello @gee18, I'm sorry to hear you having trouble with the treatment for PMR and GCA....
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
Posted: Dec 13, 2023
@teddyz I also am on a very slow taper -- now at 6.5 mg of Prednisone...
very slow taper -- now at 6.5 mg of Prednisone ... Also, I start by alternating my old
Posted: Dec 12, 2023
Hi @jixster, That's a really good question. Prednisone works well to control the PMR pain but...
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
Posted: Dec 3, 2023
Hi, I too developed a lot of severe side effects on prednisone. And then there was...
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....
sorry to hear you were cut off of prednisone ... rheumatologist able to offer any helpful alternatives
Posted: Sep 4, 2023
My rheumatologist originally gave me standing orders for monthly crp and sed rate tests. Both were...
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
Posted: Aug 7, 2023
Hi @lanieg, I'm sorry to hear that the prednisone is messing with your blood glucose. That...
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...
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...
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...
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
Posted: May 24, 2023
Hello @dnricketts, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing...
. --- 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...
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...
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....
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
Posted: Mar 14, 2023