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"People participate from other countries like Canada, UK and Australia. Those folks are given PREDNISOLONE, not...
folks are given PREDNISOLONE, not PREDNISONE ... Prednisone might be slightly cheaper ... adrenal glands which is why a slow taper ... off Prednisone is needed after long ... Short term use of prednisone is relatively
Discussion: Worried about GCA
Posted: Dec 26, 2024
bhb30602, Have your questions written down that you want to ask on paper....that way you will...
written down that you want to ask on paper ... that way you will not forget or get off ... Not trying to discourage you, but, prednisone
Posted: Dec 23, 2024
Don't expect immediate pain relief like when prednisone takes effect. You might not have any decrease...
Actemra was working until I was able to taper ... off Prednisone completely. ... I have now been completely off prednisone ... After I got off Prednisone, all my blood ... For me, being able to taper off Prednisone
Posted: Dec 22, 2024
Hello @nothatkaren, Welcome to Connect. Good question and PMR does seem to sneak up on you...
I was started on 20 mg prednisone and ... month ago sounds like you might be tapering ... There are many PMR discussions on tapering ... off of prednisone that you might find ... search=tapering%20prednisone.
"My doctor disagrees with this and thinks I need to keep trying but she has no...
If I continued to taper down to 3 mg ... off prednisone until I said I wasn& ... I tapered by 1 mg per month from 10 ... I was off Prednisone again 6 months ... I have now been completely off prednisone
Discussion: Flare
Posted: Dec 11, 2024
You are a little ahead of me on taper, but I am doing it in a...
You are a little ahead of me on taper ... first bout with PMR, I did a slow taper ... On the second bout, I got off prednisone
Posted: Dec 11, 2024
Off prednisone since mid-September, slow taper for 18 months, PMR still in remission, but the fatigue...
Off prednisone since mid-September, ... slow taper for 18 months, PMR still ... and endurance has suffered since the taper
Posted: Nov 22, 2024
It’s been 8 months since my Feb 26th post. Here is the update I said I...
infusions to 8 mg/kg (up from 6 mg) and tapering ... prednisone, from 20 mg in March, now ... The plan is to continue prednisone taper ... (0.5 mg every 2 weeks) until off, then ... Then, hopefully off that too.
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
@labcoris I have given you the link to Mayo Clinic’s information on atopic dermatitis. I plan...
It sure beats taking prednisone forever ... I’m tapering the prednisone now and ... should be off of it by January 1. ... The stories of prednisone long term ... order to avoid skin cancer, which prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 15, 2024
This isn't a recommendation of anyone in particular but this place has several rheumatologists to choose...
a very long time and you can't taper ... off Prednisone, a rheumatologist at ... novel therapy, it took me a year to taper ... off Prednisone. ... use but currently off prednisone for
Posted: Nov 10, 2024
I was on Losartin (Cozaar) and Hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiurel) also. My calcium channel blocker was Amlodipine (Norvasc)....
couple of days followed by a fast taper ... Actemra, Then it took a year for me to taper ... off prednisone. ... have been stopped when I was able to taper ... off Prednisone.
Hi, Robin. I had an onset of PMR last December and like you was very concerned...
concerned about the long term effects of prednisone ... low-dose, relatively short term course of prednisone ... daily about three weeks ago and I’m tapering ... every two weeks planning to be off ... forum have had such struggles with prednisone
Hello @lsm47 I was thinking about your post today while in the pool at the JCC....
I too had alarm bells go off when bilateral ... and wrists when I was at about 5 mg Prednisone ... over the last several months I have tapered ... to zero Prednisone and swimming and
I forgot to mention that the first time my PMR was active it took me 3...
active it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off of prednisone and the last six ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg prednisone
Posted: Oct 20, 2024
I didn't understand the complexity of getting off Prednisone until someone who had an adrenal crisis...
off Prednisone. ... off prednisone in about a month to ... off prednisone. ... and I was never rushed to taper off ... off prednisone, I was unsuccessful
Posted: Oct 19, 2024
I had a great response from Actemra. My first dose was on January 1st, 2019. It...
I have been completely off Prednisone ... ;t seem any less but I was able to taper ... She said there was no need to taper ... the better part of one year to get off ... can still be a long process to get off
Hi.... I would like to get your insight on Actemra. I was diagnosed with GCA in...
Started with 60mg Prednisone and after ... Actemra injections (while still on 10mg Prednisone ... I am off Prednisone since end of July ... Have you heard anything about tapering ... off or discontinuing Actemra ?
Posted: Sep 20, 2024
No floaters but my vision has been blurry and eyes horribly filled with blood like pinkeye...
now and they got worse after PMR and Prednisone ... debilitating effects of trying to taper ... off Prednisone, I'm pretty bummed
Posted: Sep 17, 2024