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Good morning, @rockitman. Just so you know, every time I see your name, I hear Elton...
mg, that’s a really hefty dose of prednisone ... It goes away once you are off the prednisone ... doctor decides it’s time to wean you off ... the prednisone, it will be a very long ... , slow taper to be safe.
Posted: Oct 16, 2022
Just for contrast about how one person can feel one way about something and another person...
and a fast taper would be all I needed ... I always had leftover prednisone from ... After taking prednisone for 10 years ... I wanted off prednisone so badly but ... I couldn't taper off.
Posted: Mar 25, 2023
Many people who frequent another forum would say going from 7.5 mg to 5 mg was...
Those people can never seem to taper ... off prednisone in the time that their ... doctor would like to see them off prednisone ... All of the various ways of tapering ... off prednisone will not succeed if
Posted: Apr 6, 2023
Good luck with Actemra and I hope it works for you. It will take some time...
was the power of suggestion but I tapered ... After 3 months I tapered by 1 mg per ... off prednisone in 3 months. ... I needed to stop my taper at 3 mg for ... off prednisone slowly in the first
I am on 3 mg prednisone per day and have should/back pain in the morning. I...
I am on 3 mg prednisone per day and ... I take prednisone in the morning and ... wears off. ... Anyone else feel it wears off in the ... I also have a hunch that tapering at
I was eager to get off the prednisone, too, as I said at length earlier. However,...
I was eager to get off the prednisone ... looking for a way to increase the prednisone ... hoping the LDN might help with the taper ... Good fortune with your taper in a few
Posted: Mar 7, 2022
I have taken a course of high dose-to taper off prednisone twice for Nephrotic Syndrome MCD....
have taken a course of high dose-to taper ... off prednisone twice for Nephrotic ... Once I am off the prednisone, my hair ... Prednisone has too many side effects
Posted: Aug 17, 2022
Thank you so much for responding. I need help in problem solving. My small fiber neuropathy...
He tapored this back down. ... This is when he started a prednisone ... the time I asked for help in getting off ... me to see an internist for a tapor. ... I am on 5 mg prednisone.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 16, 2022
Welcome @tillysam, Sorry to hear you joined the GCA club. I can imagine that going down...
imagine that going down from 80 mg prednisone ... Took me 3 and half years to get off ... Are you completely off of prednisone ... Do you mind sharing how your tapering
Posted: Feb 14, 2022
Hello Denise (@denisechochran) -- welcome to Mayo Connect. We're glad you found us. I'm sorry you...
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 ... off of the drug.
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Jan 7, 2018
Hello Barbararene, sorry you are in so much pain. I've got no medical training or background...
and going through the tapering off ... off of the prednisone (one from the ... says it usually goes away after you taper ... below 10 mg prednisone dosage. ... Keep working on tapering off and when
Posted: Aug 11, 2017
Hello @kgoodwin9, thank you for sharing your story. For a lot of us prednisone is the...
For a lot of us prednisone is the magic ... you are correct - the goal is to get off ... rheumatica (PMR) it took me 3 years to taper ... off of it. ... I'm guessing the prednisone is reducing
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 8, 2017
I there a reason your doctor has you skip a day? Is it part of his...
Is it part of his taper off schedule ... but everyone I know who have taken prednisone ... past have never skipped a day while tapering ... off the medication. ... My local rheumatologist wanted me off
I have a love/hate relationship with prednisone. When my kidneys failed 5 years ago it saved...
high doses to begin with and then tapered ... remission... then I started weaning off ... change over to hydrocortisone and taper ... I hate taking it but every time I taper ... nothing and have had 2 teeth break off
I have found that tapering even 5 mg at a time is too fast and I...
I have found that tapering even 5 mg ... see my physician, she just wants me off ... of the prednisone. ... to be able to move in order to be off ... side effects that I know of from the prednisone
Posted: Mar 28, 2017
Hello @helpforpmr, welcome to Mayo Connect. We are glad you found us. Connect is a good...
When I finally was able to taper off ... of prednisone in 2010 without the pain ... I had to go back on 20 mg dose of prednisone ... I'm now at 2 mg and hoping to be off ... of prednisone in the next month or
Hi, @queenbtrfly - I would like to add my welcome along with @lisalucier and @jimhd. Withdrawal...
can react differently when weaning off ... seek their help in coming up with a tapering ... I'm struggling myself trying to get off ... of prednisone so I can understand the
Hi Dee @danielad, reading your post sounds like I have a lot in common with your...
also treated starting with 20 mg of prednisone ... in 2007 and I was finally able to taper ... off of prednisone in 2010. ... This time I was able to taper off in ... Prednisone is indeed the miracle drug