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I completely understand how you feel. my situation is very similar to yours. I was diagnosed...
taper you much lower than 30 mg, but I can ... insomnia and the weight gain from the prednisone ... several people that have them and you can ... live with them and you can have a perfectly
I suffered with similar symptoms for 8-years. I had severe pain immediately below my xiphoid process...
months he had me try tapering doses of prednisone ... Sadly, while the surgery can offer relief
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Jan 9, 2023
Turmeric gives me the scoots if taken as a supplement. Melatonin brings on a slightly depressive...
Diet and supplements can work hand in ... ring in the new year without PMR and prednisone
Discussion: Diet & PMR.
Posted: Sep 23, 2023
Hello, I too received no help from docs on the cramping. I bought a magnesium cream...
Btw, I’m now off prednisone. ... I can’t say my troubl are over. ... I think the prednisone was masking my ... stay away from my worst fears that I can ... I was on prednisone for 3 years… I wish
@liztbnr Oh, I wish someone would/could take the time to help you! I can just imagine...
I can just imagine how frustrated you ... How much prednisone are you on? ... monitored for osteoporosis while on the prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Oct 1, 2023
I agree, split dose worked for me too. I was only 9 days into this new...
into this new diagnosis, on 20 mg of Prednisone ... feeling like I did before I ever started Prednisone ... I started researching Prednisone, learned ... am on a personal quest to get off Prednisone ... Haha...I can only hope!
Thanks, this is very helpful. You mentioned that Actemra can be stopped at any time (unlike...
You mentioned that Actemra can be stopped ... at any time (unlike Prednisone). ... would have no advantage over tapering Prednisone
Posted: Jul 1, 2023
It is incredible how often people can't seem to decrease their prednisone dose below +/- 7...
It is incredible how often people can ... 't seem to decrease their prednisone ... is a known side effect of long term prednisone ... You need to be less than 5 mg of prednisone ... Otherwise, prednisone will continue
Posted: Jun 16, 2023
That was hope my rheumatologist gave me too about Actemra. That was before Kevzara was FDA...
, Actemra can be stopped easily. ... I had to taper down to 3 mg of prednisone ... The prednisone we take replaces the ... Prednisone is a poor substitute for ... Being off prednisone has allowed me
Posted: Jun 28, 2023
Hello, I feel for you. I’m a 77 year age woman. I was diagnosed with SLE...
Men, as well as women can have SLE; ... causing it and always was placed on prednisone ... went away after the diagnoses and I can
@vellen I'm guessing 2 weeks was too soon to taper down. I've had 2 occurrences of...
of PMR and I was started on 20 mg prednisone ... the morning along with my dose of prednisone ... Everyone is different so it can be a ... a prescription for 1 mg and 2.5 mg prednisone ... tablets so that you can taper by smaller
Posted: Jun 24, 2023
Thank you both for your responses! I have had osteoporosis for a long time, and that...
is my main objection to long-term prednisone ... It’s good to know Crohn’s can be managed ... moment, even though I am on 40 mg of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 11 1:01pm
So glad I found this thread! Got Covid after a trip in March 2022 and then...
spasms 1 year into this, was prescribed prednisone ... this works as long as your system can ... handle the 5 day prednisone (some insomnia
Hello All -- the official publication of the ACR is the "Rheumatologist" and has very recent...
don’t think of PMR as requiring high prednisone ... treated with at least 15 milligrams of prednisone ... of the Abstracts from the meeting can ... well my current trajectory is zero Prednsone