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Hi @lyndee58, I had PMR for about six months before I started with GCA. I was...
The dosage of prednisone prescribed ... I started on 40 mg of prednisone about ... a year and a half ago, with tapering ... I've been off prednisone for a few
I was told that PMR is more likely to go into remission than other autoimmune disorders....
Prednisone manages the pain but doesn ... what is causing the pain when you taper ... your prednisone dose lower. ... Given that it takes a long time to taper ... I did successfully taper off prednisone
Posted: Dec 20, 2022
I'm on my fourth attempt to taper below 8 mg. My rheumatolagist believes that 1/2 mg...
I'm on my fourth attempt to taper ... wake up at 3-4 AM in pain since the prednisone ... might be withdrawal symptoms from the prednisone
Welcome @charlesp, For both of my occurrences of PMR I was started at 20 mg prednisone...
occurrences of PMR I was started at 20 mg prednisone ... the morning along with the dosage of prednisone ... It helped me when tapering and knowing ... when I shouldn't taper. ... to my next lower dose of prednisone
Posted: Dec 7, 2022
Hi Keelin. This is an interesting case as so many of us have considered Prednisone a...
case as so many of us have considered Prednisone ... within 24 hours, and the two-year taper ... primary care folks have a tendency to taper ... recently had to go back on a one-week taper ... the face of the aforementioned long taper
Posted: Dec 1, 2022
I was having trouble tapering below 10 mg prednisone/day...several months (~6 mos.) ago my Rheumy put...
I was having trouble tapering below ... 10 mg prednisone/day...several months ... acid - so far, I've been able to taper ... the prednisone to 5mg/day (for a week
Posted: Nov 13, 2022
I've never had to use methotrexate. Prednisone was my magic pill for both occurrences of PMR....
Prednisone was my magic pill for both ... back and forth between 1mg and 1/2mg prednisone ... Started back up with 20mg prednisone ... and was able to taper off in a year
Posted: Nov 12, 2022
I am finally off of prednisone after over 1.5 years! I was on 1 mg. for...
I am finally off of prednisone after ... many months and each time I tried to taper ... pain in my upper arms after going off prednisone ... off the anti-inflammatory effects of prednisone ... is because of osteoarthritis (which prednisone
Discussion: Tapering
Posted: Nov 2, 2022
I can’t tell you how thankful I am for this group. I’ve learned so much by...
A week of Prednisone knocked out the ... I started on 15mg of Prednisone in April ... 2022 and I taper 1mg each month. ... I will be tapering down to 8mg this