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Hi. And thanks for your post. I'm at the one year mark this month. Last Sept....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1022102/
at least a month and a half at each tapered ... I'm Hopeful that I'll be off ... the Prednisone this year. ... problem since I've been on the Prednisone
Discussion: Post prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 25 8:12am
i too am being tapered off prednisone i took 10 mgs a day and now 7...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1023854/
i too am being tapered off prednisone ... side effects so i just want to get off
Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 27 3:43pm
I take cellcept and tacrolimus for my liver and kidney transplant. I used to take a...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/308563/
I used to take a low dosage of prednisone ... While most people complain about prednisone ... When I was tapered off prednisone a
Discussion: Transplant anti-rejection medications. What's your advice?
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Apr 24, 2020
Good evening @catalinajacobs92, and welcome to Connect. This forum is successful because we believe in sharing...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/812716/
I was always given another dose of prednisone ... have lactose issues sometimes and I tapered ... off coffee, alcohol, and even sugar
Discussion: High vitamin B12 levels, rashes, itchiness following respiratory virus
Support Group: Skin Health
Posted: Feb 17, 2023
Now that I have stopped laughing histerically at your post. I have been on Kevzara for...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/982547/
Tomorrow I taper to 2.5 of prednisone ... diagnosed in January and I plan on being off ... prednisone next month after 1 year
Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 18, 2023
I'm currently doing Actemra infusions every 4 weeks. I have had unplanned "interuptions" of Actemra. Once...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989274/
didn't mind but I needed to take prednisone ... I easily tapered off prednisone again
Discussion: Actemra
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Dec 31, 2023
It would be helpful if you knew your test numbers. If your history was a very...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/990531/
Are you responding to prednisone? ... Results on prednisone, dosage needed ... I was a healthy 71 when I got off ... Did well off prednisone tapered for
Discussion: Good days and bad days
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 2 8:00pm
Please be careful on the dose you are taking. It is a balancing act and any...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989477/
off prednisone with help from Actemra ... my prednisone dose as low as possible ... t know if it would be safe to stop prednisone ... my prednisone dose from 15 mg back ... to zero prednisone a couple of months
Discussion: Just diagnosed and still hurt in am with 20 mg
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 1 3:51am
@eggnog24, Welcome to Connect, and thank you for your sign-off message of Peace and happiness! That...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/987017/
Connect, and thank you for your sign-off ... I went hiking and walking when my prednisone ... was lowered and then tapered.
Discussion: Joint Pain after Organ Transplant
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Dec 27, 2023
Hello @whyohwhy, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @dadcue and others....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/990480/
lunch and took my first 20 mg dose of prednisone ... I did struggle tapering off the first ... prednisone. ... and more exercise and was able to taper ... off of prednisone in 1-1/2 years.
Discussion: Good days and bad days
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 2 5:32pm
@bitsygirl, The prednisone is the magic pill that makes PMR symptoms go away or at least...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1002026/
@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 ... off.
Discussion: Advice/experience about going back on Prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 22 3:30pm
I would also like to congratulate you for getting off prednisone! My experience was much the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1022191/
like to congratulate you for getting off ... prednisone! ... experience was much the same when I tapered ... off prednisone. ... prednisone.
Discussion: Post prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 25 9:32am
I found the following excerpt to be interesting. Barriers to research: Fifteen percent of the responding...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1055786/
This suggests treatment with prednisone ... least 20 years of experience with prednisone ... all I wanted was a prescription for prednisone ... everything when I was able to finally taper ... off prednisone.
Discussion: Clinical Information or Fishbowl?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 23 9:15am
My Mayo rheumatologist told me I needed to "listen" to my body when tapering my prednisone...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1065878/
to "listen" to my body when tapering ... my prednisone dosages. ... with PMR took 3 and half years to taper ... off (started at 20 mg) and the last ... mg until I could finally stop the prednisone
Discussion: Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase or decrease prednisone)
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 11 8:38am