increase your dose for any hint of PMR ... Those people can never seem to taper ... that they have been diagnosed with PMR ... for PMR for more than 12 years. ... All of the various ways of tapering

was the power of suggestion but I tapered ... After 3 months I tapered by 1 mg per ... I needed to stop my taper at 3 mg for ... and a low cortisol level can mimic PMR ... flares" which may or may not be PMR

👏Today is my 52nd day with PMR ... and 20 MG prednisone. 3 weeks ago I ... Still on 20 gm prednisone. ... quite a few side effects from the prednisone ... to ask my Dr if we could pls start tapering

was diagnosed last year with RA and PMR ... On prednisone, methotrexate, sulphasalazine ... Finally now able to taper the prednisone

When my Dr. suspected PMR, he said that ... if I took Prednisone and was better ... hours, that it would confirm the PMR ... My understanding is that PMR cases can ... taper is different for everyone.

haven't had the ACTH test when my PMR ... It's also why I think tapering off ... of prednisone needs to be done slowly ... If you take prednisone for more than ... A gradual reduction in prednisone dosage

I don't know if it's the PMR ... I have learned so much about PMR from ... this forum, especially about tapering ... prednisone. ... general practitioner wanted me to taper

I am on 3 mg prednisone per day and ... I take prednisone in the morning and ... By evening it seems like the prednisone ... I also have a hunch that tapering at ... doses brings out another wacky side of PMR

my rheumatologist told me that if I tapered ... prednisone and symptoms came back I ... PMR and GCA are forms of vasculities ... When I had full blown PMR my legs were ... your doctor and discussed increasing prednisone

already read on this forum, namely tapering ... prednisone 1 mg at a time, monthly. ... complicate diagnosis and treatment of PMR

Hi @traynor4, I had PMR, undiagnosed ... temporal artery, I started on 40 mg of prednisone ... , then tapered down by 5 mg every two ... weeks until I got to 10 mg, then tapered

I'm in my first year of PMR and ... learning about the art of tapering prednisone

I was eager to get off the prednisone ... looking for a way to increase the prednisone ... hoping the LDN might help with the taper ... diminishing the negative effects of PMR ... Good fortune with your taper in a few

My PMR pain is pretty much gone. ... I have had PMR for more than four years ... I am now starting to taper from the ... 2 mg of prednisone I have been on for

the one that officially diagnosed PMR ... , lowered my daily Prednisone dose and ... on what I've come to learn is a tapering

Started Prenisone 20mg next day. ... No PMR in the family, no rheumatoid, ... Never heard of PMR. ... Hoping to start a slow taper soon. ... Good luck with your tapering and progress

The first time I got PMR, symptoms started ... Back on prednisone. ... reaction (but then I was taking 8 mg of prednisone ... inflammation had doubled, so I’ve increased prednisone ... Will start a very slow taper from there

imagine that going down from 80 mg prednisone ... starting dose the first around with PMR ... Are you completely off of prednisone ... Do you mind sharing how your tapering

I'm having my struggles tapering off ... of prednisone and know the pain in ... I am taking prednisone for my polymyalgia ... rheumatica (PMR) and I believe it controls ... If you have the 1 mg prednisone tablets

deal with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... I also have PMR and the first episode ... I was close to your age and was on prednisone ... I was gradually able to taper the dosage ... and then discuss with them a plan to taper