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I too had PMR Pain for a few years before it increased to the point I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/651509/
Twenty mg of prednisone and slow tapering ... After 9 months of tapering and down ... cleared for MTX to help me get off prednisone ... least scary drug to me compared to prednisone
Hi MaryAnn @maryannhaller, Welcome to Connect. My first occurrence of PMR lasted for 3 and half...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/649691/
half years and like you I had trouble tapering ... down with prednisone. ... I think made it possible for me to taper ... off of the prednisone in a little over
I'm sorry you have contracted PMR. It's an incredibly painful experience. Your concerns about prednisone are...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/646420/
Your concerns about prednisone are certainly ... diagnosed with severe osteoporosis and prednisone ... currently in remission after slow tapering ... of prednisone that took several months ... hope you are able to successfully taper
Hi @opus640, Welcome to Connect. My PMR is currently in remission. I've had 2 occurrences of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/645685/
and both times was started at 20 mg prednisone ... I kept a daily pain and prednisone dosage ... log which I used when tapering. ... I only tapered when my morning pain ... Are you taking prednisone?
Hi - Yes, I had sciatica (in my left leg) while I had PMR. Not all...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/644589/
recovered from the PMR - I went from 40 mg Prednisone ... 15, 12, 10 for many weeks, and then tapered
@hmccarth5 yes, prednisone sure has it’s bad side effects! Ive been on prednisone for 3 1/2...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/644323/
@hmccarth5 yes, prednisone sure has ... Ive been on prednisone for 3 1/2 years ... But, without prednisone, I’d be dead ... As i taper off prednisone, I’m going ... Prednisone is a lifesaver (but an evil
@kspowell Ahhh, loss of hair while on prednisone. Yes that happened to me, also. I had...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/644076/
kspowell Ahhh, loss of hair while on prednisone ... Now that I’m tapering the steroid, hair
I've had 2 occurrences of PMR. I was started at 20 mg prednisone for each occurrence...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/644039/
I was started at 20 mg prednisone for ... When I was tapering to the next lower ... prescribed the 2.5 mg and 1 mg tablets of prednisone ... off of Prednisone: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/prednisone/
@suzorand, I've had two occurrences of PMR. The first lasted 3 and half years in which...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/643015/
years in which time I was able to taper ... off of prednisone. ... remission mid 2016 when I went back on prednisone ... (20 mg) and I was able to taper off
Hi @rolandhp, From Cecil and Goldman's Textbook of Medicine, "These disorders (PMR + GCA) are propagated...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/636440/
I just started a taper of prednisone
Hello everyone. I'm curious if any of you have experienced problems with shortness of breath, palpitations,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/634613/
and agitation on the higher doses of prednisone ... After tapering the prednisone, those ... My rheumatologist says prednisone is
Glad you are able to taper. These same thing happened to me. 5 years with PMR...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/633931/
Glad you are able to taper. ... PMR with a few flare ups but nothing prednisone ... double the 2.5 mg to 5 and start the taper
Hello Rick @ricksch, Welcome to Connect, an online community where patients and caregivers share their experiences,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/633338/
schedule to get you off of prednisone ... almost half of the time it took me to taper ... the first time before I could taper ... lifestyle choices and was able to taper ... off of prednisone or any lifestyle
Reading some past posts this early a.m. and your July post made me smile because of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/632254/
diagnosed with PMR last July and on prednisone ... since and tapering down but now scared ... sinus issues all last winter but the prednisone ... Hope you’re doing well on tapering down
Hi becsbuddy, Thank you for your reply. I just started prednisone in mid-May for Giant Cell...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/629940/
I just started prednisone in mid-May ... The rheumatologist told me to taper ... 10 mg for a month and scheduled to taper ... down to 7.5 mg next taper.. ... ordered a bone scan when I went on prednisone
Hello @roboedit, I see your question may have slipped through the cracks and no one gave...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/629663/
first bout of PMR took 3-1/2 years to taper ... off of prednisone and the second time ... It took me 1-1/2 years to taper off ... of prednisone the second time and what
I have been diagnosed with both PMR and osteoporosis. My rheumatologist advised me to take the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/625976/
Thanks to prednisone, the PMR has mostly ... mg. daily to 1 mg. and even while tapering ... the prednisone, I have continued to ... saw a rheumatologist who prescribed prednisone
I am also at the same point. I had started at 20 mg of prednisone and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/622116/
I had started at 20 mg of prednisone ... and was self tapering at the urging ... who seemed absolutely paranoid about prednisone ... that the labs would dictate when I taper ... science (SED and CRP) control the tapering
No, my doctor is an internist. He did not know I was abruptly getting off prednisone....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/617521/
not know I was abruptly getting off prednisone ... call my doctor so he started me on a tapering ... off schedule of prednisone. ... probably should’ve taken almost a year to taper ... started three days after I got off prednisone
Hi, I had a bout of PMR 5 years ago and tapered prednisone for 15 months...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/616251/
had a bout of PMR 5 years ago and tapered ... prednisone for 15 months and then quite ... 2020 it flared and an abbreviated taper
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