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Hello @paulbklyn and @jerid and @patsy0315 Only as you are comfortable doing so, I was wondering...
Right now I'm taking a course of Prednisone ... sure how long that will last after I taper ... off the Prednisone. ... Were you ever treated with Prednisone
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Posted: Sep 17, 2020
@sharenb I have no medical training or background but my first occurrence of PMR took me...
over 3 years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone which was started ... about 1-1/2 years before I was able to taper ... off and the PMR went into remission
Posted: Sep 8, 2020
Hi Dorothy @oakbourne, Thanks for the private message. I thought I would answer your message in...
off prednisone. ... I've been prescribed prednisone ... I also spent 3-1/2 years tapering off ... off. ... off and end taking.
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Nov 24, 2020
Hello @jerseyjames, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thanks for sharing your PMR experience. It sounds a...
off of prednisone. ... off of prednisone for the second time ... 2007 and I was started with 20 mg prednisone ... off with the last six months spent ... off.
Thanks for your reply. Very interesting how slowly you tapered off towards the end. From 60...
Very interesting how slowly you tapered ... off towards the end. ... 20 mg for 4 weeks: then the gradual taper ... the "bad" side effects of Prednisone
Hi @virginiaj, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Your story is similar to mine except I had...
It took me 3 years to taper off off ... prednisone. ... dose until I was finally able to be off ... of prednisone. ... off of prednisone which was almost
@steelbh - I have moved your post here to this discussion @johnbishop recommended so that you...
I have been on prednisone before for ... some thoughts from their previous tapers ... off of prednisone. ... I always just followed a taper plan ... doctor suggested a schedule for the taper
Hello @kharquail, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect and thank you for helping your father. Not sure...
Prednisone does seem to be the drug ... Both were treated starting with 20 mg prednisone ... and instructions to taper off when ... off of prednisone. ... off.
Discussion: PMR Relapse
Posted: Jun 21, 2020
@colleenyoung thank you for the MG link. I will take a look. My dad is losing...
Prednisone 60 mg PO and IVIG every 3 ... The prednisone ( for MG) is exacerbating ... We are tapering 5 mg q2weeks so is going ... to take awhile for him to get off it
Support Group: Cancer
Posted: Mar 14, 2019
Hi ...I was diagnosed with sarcoid in 2004 and had to have a heart transplant in...
I started on prednisone and methotrexate ... effective combination for me - was taken off ... I was on 45 mgs of prednisone a day ... for over a year and tapered off very ... I was off of all meds in 2016 when I
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Mar 12, 2019
I use a nebulizer 4 times a day regularly and up it to 6 when I...
🤗 Being on prednisone helps ... I do a taper dose starting at 45 mg ... and taper off over about 3 weeks.
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Mar 11, 2019
Hi @ambershe, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I also have polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) but it is...
, all of the while I was trying to taper ... off. ... My rheumatologist helped me with a tapering ... talks about white blood count and prednisone ... Prednisone-induced leukocytosis.
HI, I'm sorry that you are having PMR pain and are unable to see a doctor...
eight months, during which I took prednisone ... a rheumatologist and took low dose prednisone ... experience any adverse effects from the prednisone ... and was able to taper off over a period ... Prednisone was the only remedy that
I know that a rheumatologist or even regular doctors will want you to taper off of...
even regular doctors will want you to taper ... off of prednisone as soon as possible ... I hate taking prednisone too and I know ... you want to taper off of it as soon ... provide a better explaination of why not prednisone
Posted: Dec 1, 2021
Hi Hilary @hilary62, I see this is your first post in the PMR group so I...
was happy to see you are down to 1mg prednisone ... keep a daily pain log along with your prednisone ... dosage to help you taper off?
I understand and I'm so sorry! I have UC (pancolitis) and had been in remission on...
and failed Stelara, have been on and off ... prednisone several times (60 mg daily ... , then the taper by 5 mg every week) ... Remicade every 4 weeks and still on prednisone ... Right now, I am down to 15 mg prednisone
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Oct 10, 2021
I started following the Mayo Clinic website after my sister had a Covid19 vaccine and developed...
I was started on 35 mg of prednisone ... In March 2017 I tapered down to 15mg ... By October 2018 I had tapered off Prednisone ... I have remained off Prednisone and use