PMR diagnosed six months ago. ... I’m eager to taper to 8 mg to see how ... hour morning pain if I could get off prednisone

You should be proactive in tapering ... Not the prednisone and not the PMR.

. 'The dosage of prednisone for ... GCA is higher than for PMR - I started ... at 40 mg (I'm small), then tapered ... weeks until I hit 10 mg - then the taper ... My next taper, after bloodwork - a CRP

I went off Prednisone after tapering ... unvaccinated for CV due to having PMR

I believe my PMR started shortly after ... I successfully tapered to zero mg prednisone ... Moderna COVID vaccine, but full blown PMR ... Started back on prednisone in April ... and generally in good health, bar PMR

ralphs, During my first occurrence of PMR ... I was so happy the prednisone took ... My second time around with PMR 6 years ... Is your PMR still active? ... Are you still tapering down on prednisone

My doctor put me on 20mg of prednisone ... levels My rheumatologist monitors my PMR ... every 4 months and has been tapering ... my prednisone medication. ... Once she reduced the prednisone to 9

3rd bout of PMR. ... from diagnosis, decreasing from 3 mg prednisone ... 360 I-mg pills that I could use to taper ... Prednisone is a very cheap drug compared ... rheumatologist trusts me to work out my own tapering

She is very knowledgable on PMR so I ... When I started the Prednisone it took ... fatigue and aches were due to the tapering ... of the Prednisone.

and how I felt each day when I was tapering ... down on prednisone. ... The second time my PMR came out of remission ... did have the tests done to confirm PMR ... and start on 20 mg prednisone again

When I was tapering, I didn't mind ... I tried to taper every 2 weeks but on ... my first occurrence with PMR I had ... finally go from 1/2 to totally off prednisone

really helped me come to terms with PMR ... need to manage your own symptoms (wrt prednisone ... versus flair and the strategy for tapering

I came down with PMR December 2021. ... in January who put me on 12.5 mg of Prednisone ... questions though: should we be treating PMR ... with Prednisone so that all pain and ... /stiffness is the goal and then to taper

during my 20 months going through the Prednisone ... tapering process that Mayo Clinic ... I exercised before, during tapering ... I have continued to follow the PMR group

Welcome @deniseinca, My PMR is currently ... old guy at 78 🙂 When I was tapering ... down on prednisone, my rheumatologist ... Also, my first time around with PMR ... pains which I thought might be the PMR

why the doctor wants you to take the prednisone ... If you are taking it for PMR pain and ... pain to go away, hence the need to taper ... on how much pain you have when you taper

Hi @fazz, are you being treated for PMR ... I have both PMR and its companion disorder ... free, after seven months of taking prednisone ... in tapered dosages, but I was not diagnosed

markers since I was diagnosed with PMR ... I have been gradually tapering my prednisone ... inflammatory markers and still have PMR

However, the PMR symptoms are present ... Presently I'm taking 5mg prednisone ... Will taper the prednisone by 1mg this ... wondering about osteoarthritis vs PMR

doctor at the VA that refused to use prednisone ... taking the medrol as well. when I taper ... docs usually dont have insight to PMR