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These are questions that I am still trying to answer after 9 months on prednisone. I...
trying to answer after 9 months on prednisone ... the day but not bad so continued my taper ... go back up to 10 mg and start the taper ... I should not ignore pain that the prednisone ... ignore pain and other sx's of PMR
Thank you for your response. To answer your questions, no my primary doctor has not put...
primary doctor has not put me on a tapering ... I just went on the Prednisone this last ... I do not want the Prednisone to make ... , lotts of veggies and then I get PMR
Hello @raven42, Welcome to Connect. I'm not sure @bandruid7 is active on Connect since the members...
#39;m sorry to hear you joined the PMR ... I attribute the shorter period of tapering ... off of prednisone due to making some ... was and if you have a plan to taper ... off of prednisone?
Hello @alvaro50, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @colleenyoung and others....
My PMR is currently in remission but ... My first time with PMR took 3 and half ... years to taper off of prednisone. ... The second time with PMR took me about ... 1 and half years to taper off.
These are just my thoughts on the subject of prednisone withdrawal because 40 mg of prednisone...
I was able to taper off in a month or ... tapers." PMR changed everything ... I was diagnosed with PMR and took prednisone ... everything there was to know about tapering ... When I was unable to taper off prednisone
Posted: Jan 3, 2023
Hi @marmak, I'm so glad you caught the GCA fast. I had symptoms of GCA a...
a few months before diagnosis, and PMR ... 40 mg, tapering down by 5 mg every ... up to the previous dosage once when tapering ... I've been off prednisone a few months ... returned as I'd been anorexic with PMR
Posted: Jan 1, 2023
Hi @michwest, When I have an increase of pain like you mention, I also didn't want...
Do you also have 1 mg tablets of prednisone ... If it was time to taper but my pain ... go back to the previous dosage of prednisone ... but you might find it helpful: -- PMR ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages
Posted: Jan 1, 2023
I was in remission from my PMR when I caught COVID and then it seemed I...
I was in remission from my PMR when ... arm pain, so I started taking 3 mg. prednisone ... That resolved my pain and I plan to taper
Before PMR, I had osteoarthritis in my hands with minor inconveniences, but no consistent pain. I...
Before PMR, I had osteoarthritis in ... pain that kept getting worse after PMR ... arthritis as well as help with the tapering ... of prednisone. ... now down to 8 mg and am currently tapering
Posted: Dec 19, 2022
After reading a lot about tapering off Prednisone I'm curious how one knows if they still...
After reading a lot about tapering off ... Prednisone I'm curious how one ... knows if they still have PMR or not. ... markers were normal but when I tried to taper
Posted: Dec 17, 2022
Thank you. I’ve done a slow taper too. Down to zero, because I hate taking prednisone...
I’ve done a slow taper too. ... Down to zero, because I hate taking prednisone ... and I hate having PMR.
Posted: Dec 6, 2022
I have found that Prednisone takes away pmr pain however my osteo and more common strains...
I have found that Prednisone takes away ... pmr pain however my osteo and more ... types of pain especially during a taper
Posted: Oct 31, 2022
The only thing that helped me was prednisone--40mg a day of it (an unusually high dose)....
The only thing that helped me was prednisone ... for 5 months and have been unable to taper ... have a particularly severe case of PMR ... be a long road and extremely slow taper ... rheumatologists are certain it's PMR
Posted: Oct 30, 2022
The curious thing about the "dead slow nearly stop" (DSNS) tapering method is that the person...
;dead slow nearly stop" (DSNS) tapering ... "pro" can't seem to taper ... I'm all for any method of tapering ... for PMR. ... doing Actemra injections while I was tapering
I don't believe diet can cure PMR, since I haven't eaten meat for 15 years, and...
I don't believe diet can cure PMR ... I am on 3 mg. of Prednisone which is ... is my second taper. ... prunes and will see what happens as I taper
Posted: Nov 21, 2022
My rheumatologist has done a ton of tests on the way toward her PMR diagnosis, and...
ton of tests on the way toward her PMR ... I was on a higher dose of prednisone ... and the dizziness did stop when I tapered ... It’s just the with PMR, I may, unfortunately
Posted: Nov 19, 2022
Hello, you seem to be doing remarkably well considering you were diagnosed in June. I was...
November and finally reduced to 3 mg Prednisone ... in October by tapering 1 mg at a time ... cautious about triggering another PMR
My ophthalmologist didn't like me being on prednisone either. My intraocular pressures seemed to vary depending...
Whenever my prednisone dose was 30 mg ... options available for people with PMR ... I was able to taper off prednisone within ... endocrinologist intervened and told me to stop tapering ... After I got off prednisone the first
Greetings @saltyg I hope the combination of Embrel and prednisone is working for you. AS and...
AS and PMR is a bad mix. ... When I first tapered off prednisone ... ;t seem to control things from the PMR ... followed by a fast taper. ... I like being off prednisone!
Hi @abbeyc The biologic I'm currently on is called Actemra (tocilizumab). It has been FDA approved...
for the treatment of GCA but not for PMR ... because of my 12 year battle with PMR ... I was unable to taper off prednisone ... I was off prednisone a year later. ... I could have tapered off prednisone