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@gaylerenee Age might be a factor. I omit part of what my rheumatologist told me when...
I took prednisone for PMR for roughly ... doing much better than I ever did with tapering ... Prednisone may be giving you the extra ... #39;t think I would ever be able to taper ... off prednisone so I wasn't even
Posted: Jul 23, 2023
My doses of prednisone were 10 mg or more for 12 years. I talked to my...
My doses of prednisone were 10 mg or ... suggest anything else besides a slow taper ... If I was only taking 3 mg of prednisone ... I was told to stop tapering until I ... Maybe you have taken prednisone too
Posted: Jul 23, 2023
I noticed you mentioned in a different post that you're also taking methotrexate and soon to...
does sound like a relatively fast taper ... diagnosis) he's having a flare and his prednisone ... He was diagnosed and started prednisone ... in May 2022, and his current prednisone
fatigue and weakness for me too, I had to increase the prednisone dose from 5 to...
for me too, I had to increase the prednisone ... I think I was tapering too quickly in ... Switching now to .25mg taper per month
Hello @bhadfield, Welcome to Connect. I'm sorry to hear you had a bad flare up of...
If the prednisone helped with the symptoms ... , I wonder if you might be tapering ... polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) when tapering ... off of prednisone too fast. ... talked with your doctor about a slower tapering
Posted: Jul 16, 2023
Hello @gerryandnancydupont, Welcome to Connect. What you are describing doesn't sound like the typical onset of...
occurrences both were treated with 20 mg prednisone ... Then it was a struggle to begin the tapering ... process to get off of prednisone once ... listen to my body when I start to taper ... off of prednisone and to do it slowly
Not sure this is correct place to respond. Diagnosed 5/23. Started on 30mg of prednisone and...
Started on 30mg of prednisone and am ... now on 10 mg of prednisone. ... My tapering regime at present is to ... So far my tapering has not produced ... read on this blog, the next phase of tapering
Hi @ vellen….I just noticed that you have fibromyalgia as well as PMR. I’m thinking I...
Rate, but she gave me the one week prednisone ... script which tapers naturally by the ... changed my dosage to 8 mg regular prednisone
One would hope PMR patients of the future will have better options than prednisone. I took...
future will have better options than prednisone ... I took prednisone for more than 12 years ... for PMR and never could taper off. ... I read stuff about prednisone being ... I was able to taper off prednisone in
Posted: Jul 9, 2023
You wrote: "How are you doing with Actemra?" Actemra seems to be working well for me,...
working well for me, and had helped me tapered ... down to 8 mg/day of Prednisone. ... Assuming no relapses, I should be off Prednisone ... My sleep returned once the Prednisone
Posted: Jul 6, 2023
Hi @johnarbaugh, You will notice that we moved your post to an existing discussion on tapering...
post to an existing discussion on tapering ... off of prednisone so that you can meet ... did you cope with the side effects tapering ... off prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/taper-side-effects
Hi @johnbishop, Thanks so much for sharing your story with me. I have to say I...
It just seemed like a life time of tapering ... Having only been on prednisone for only ... I understand this process of tapering ... log of the pain level and my dose of prednisone ... increasing dose to half of previous taper
I will try to answer your questions but I don't have any experience with Kevzara. My...
What was your prednisone tapering schedule ... What is your tapering schedule now that ... After Actemra was started, I tapered ... Then I tapered by 1 mg per week down ... restarted and Humira was stopped, I tapered
Hi @bruce1951vet, It took me 3 and half years to taper off of prednisone my first...
off of prednisone my first time with ... started at 20mg dose and didn't taper ... level when I woke up and my dose of prednisone ... to taper down, I didn't taper down ... pain flared, I sometimes increased my prednisone
I began with 20mg (5/13) of prednisone and got some relief but there was still some...
I began with 20mg (5/13) of prednisone ... I have slowly tapered prednisone and ... When I get to 10mg, taper will be very
I would like to weigh in about PMR coming on gradually. My symptoms began in Jan....
PMR was diagnosed and I am now on prednisone ... and tapering. ... The prednisone seemed like a miracle
Posted: Jul 2, 2023
That was hope my rheumatologist gave me too about Actemra. That was before Kevzara was FDA...
I was just fortunate to be able to taper ... off prednisone after taking it for ... I had to taper down to 3 mg of prednisone ... The prednisone we take replaces the ... Prednisone is a poor substitute for
Posted: Jun 28, 2023