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@bitsygirl, The prednisone is the magic pill that makes PMR symptoms go away or at least...
@bitsygirl, The prednisone is the magic ... PMR it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone. ... remission it took me a year and a half to taper ... search=pmr+managing+symptoms.
Posted: Jan 22, 2024
Hello @whyohwhy, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @dadcue and others....
I did struggle tapering off the first ... and more exercise and was able to taper ... the following discussion helpful for managing ... the symptoms: --- PMR Dosages and ... Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org
Posted: Jan 2, 2024
Hi @svsmgm07, Welcome to Connect. Each of us are a little different when it comes to...
little different when it comes to tapering ... of the game to reduce flare ups and managing ... find helpful: --- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... up in the morning and the dose or prednisone
My pain relief was within an hour or two of taking my dose of prednisone and...
an hour or two of taking my dose of prednisone ... down that day, I didn't do the taper ... bumped my dose up half of my previous taper ... find helpful: --- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org
Hello @jillrp, Welcome to Connect. @ghsmith only posted once and has not been back on Connect...
www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/managing-symptoms ... time it took me 3 and half years to taper ... time it took me 1 and half years to taper ... No one likes the prednisone, myself ... controlling the PMR pain and inflammation symptoms
Posted: Aug 2, 2023
Welcome @debbieo123, Unfortunately PMR is not one of those 1 and done conditions. Once you start...
Once you start prednisone and the pain ... off of prednisone. ... --- 2015 Recommendations for the management ... helpful also: --- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org
Posted: Jul 28, 2023
Hi Kurt @kurt25, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @emo, @vellen,...
. --- PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms ... tapering is challenging. ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/prednisone-tapering-and-remission ... / --- Prednisone tapering is hard: ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/prednisone-tapering
Posted: Jul 4, 2023
I know that it’s scary, and I worry about side effects to medication too, but I...
it because it can resolve so many symptoms ... There are ways to manage the potential ... and find the lowest dose you need to manage ... as the guide to the taper, even if ... prolonged flare, we have to pause the taper
How are you doing with Actemra? I think you were lucky to start Actemra as quickly...
I'm not so sure managing the symptoms ... happen, it becomes more difficult to taper ... The slow taper that people are told ... have stopped Actema twice after I tapered ... I tapered down from 15 mg back to zero
Posted: Jul 1, 2023
Hello @nyxygirl, Welcome to Connect. New members are not allowed to share links for a short...
find helpful: --- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... and dosage log to help me when I was tapering ... off of prednisone. ... rheumatologist tell you to watch for other symptoms
Posted: May 25, 2023
Greetings All! Ame here. I have been steadily continuing to improve over the past 5 months...
believe you're done with your tapering ... but for anyone else reading this, my taper ... I have NOT managed to fill in my blog ... numbness and a little collection of symptoms ... that I believe are lingering Prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Apr 26, 2023
I'm a little confused by @johnlo's post. It sounds like his symptoms got better with each...
It sounds like his symptoms got better ... My symptoms appeared soon after my second ... I managed to taper off my low dose of ... I am once again tapering off a very ... low dose of prednisone.
Posted: Apr 14, 2023
P.S. PMR was diagnosed about 15 years ago at the age of 52. I was taking...
My PMR symptoms were something entirely ... I managed to convince a GP to prescribe ... I was always able to taper off prednisone ... 12 years before I was able to taper ... I never would have managed everything
Posted: Apr 13, 2023
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 ... PMR but each of us are different and tapering ... time with PMR took 3-1/2 years to taper ... discussion helpful: --- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org
Posted: Apr 12, 2023
Has anyone been diagnosed with PMR after the shingles vaccine? I had my initial dose of...
He hoped my symptoms would go into remission ... after 6 weeks of NSAI I started on Prednisone ... of 15mg tapering by 2.5 mg every 14 ... The pain and stiffness are manageable ... overnight and several hours after taking Prednisone
Posted: Apr 9, 2023
What happened to me was that prednisone was started initially to "manage my symptoms." Unfortunately, prednisone...
was started initially to "manage ... my symptoms." Unfortunately, ... I could taper off prednisone quickly ... I was never able to taper off prednisone ... However, my ability to taper off prednisone
Hi @johnbishop. Thanks very much for your comments. The "PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms" is a...
The "PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms ... first time 3 days ago, did mention tapering ... After a week on prednisone (first two ... much diminished from before I started prednisone ... and minimizing the total exposure to prednisone
If all of the pain went away when you started on prednisone and you just had...
pain went away when you started on prednisone ... shortly after reducing the dosage of prednisone ... , that might be due to tapering too ... find helpful: -- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org
Discussion: Hip pain
Posted: Jan 29, 2023
Thanks so much for this information. I have been treated for PMR for five years. Tapering...
Tapering doses of prednisone up and ... down to 2mg, having pain but able to manage ... I never get headaches, several new symptoms ... diagnosed with temporal arteritis based on symptoms ... Gave me 60mg oral prednisone and a script
Posted: Dec 31, 2022
Hello @njtodctode, Welcome to Connect. It does sound like your rheumatologist is right about it being...
learned with our PMR struggle and tapering ... If the 20 mg prednisone pretty much ... Tapering slowly is the name of the game ... find helpful: -- PMR Dosages and Managing ... Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org
Posted: Aug 10, 2022