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I've had 2 occurrences of PMR. I was started at 20 mg prednisone for each occurrence...
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/
Posted: Oct 11, 2021
@suzorand, I've had two occurrences of PMR. The first lasted 3 and half years in which...
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 @tinman2020, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @colleenyoung and others....
rheumatologist, I was started on 20 mg of prednisone ... off of prednisone. ... of 0 to 10 along with the dosage of prednisone ... time to see if I may be trying to taper ... After I was able to taper off I went
Hello everyone. I'm curious if any of you have experienced problems with shortness of breath, palpitations,...
and agitation on the higher doses of prednisone ... After tapering the prednisone, those ... My rheumatologist says prednisone is
Posted: Sep 11, 2021
Glad you are able to taper. These same thing happened to me. 5 years with PMR...
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,...
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...
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...
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
Posted: Aug 25, 2021
Hello @roboedit, I see your question may have slipped through the cracks and no one gave...
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...
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
Posted: Aug 13, 2021
I am also at the same point. I had started at 20 mg of prednisone and...
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
Posted: Aug 1, 2021
No, my doctor is an internist. He did not know I was abruptly getting off prednisone....
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
Posted: Jul 17, 2021
Hi, I had a bout of PMR 5 years ago and tapered prednisone for 15 months...
had a bout of PMR 5 years ago and tapered ... prednisone for 15 months and then quite ... 2020 it flared and an abbreviated taper
I had a friend who had a liver transplant and was on Prednisone for years.. he...
had a liver transplant and was on Prednisone ... bone and tooth problems when they tapered ... him off the prednisone over several
@guidant07 I saw on another group that you too are a long time kidney transplant survivor...
Any wisdom to share on how to taper ... manage well while continuing with prednisone ... My meds were Cyclosporine + Prednisone ... the first ~ 15 years, and then MMF + Prednisone
@looperdolly, Welcome to Mayo Connect. Congratulations on 30 years with your kidney transplant. Anniversaries are special!...
this community who has successfully tapered ... then research showed that I could taper ... Mayo transplant team suggested a taper ... that involved a temporary halt to the taper ... https://www.webmd.com/drug-medication/prednisone-taper
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Posted: Jul 9, 2021