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@lulu1962 @lisalucier - I started the Prednisone taper on 11 December. 42 tabs 10mg. I'll complete...
lulu1962 @lisalucier - I started the Prednisone ... taper on 11 December. 42 tabs 10mg ... Prior to starting the Prednisone I think ... the other meds had thrown off the timing ... I have tolerated Prednisone pretty well
Support Group: Sleep Health
Posted: Dec 18, 2018
that is amazing., seems you can't win. I am done to 4mg of prednisone just over...
I am done to 4mg of prednisone just ... the pain remains manageable so I can taper ... right off of prednisone as yes, it
Thanks John, Very sorry I miss quoted my Doc and she did not say " because...
I have slowly tapered over the last ... on 1mg every other day and will go off ... Prednisone soon. ... I realize may have to go back on prednisone
Hello! Well, after almost a year of trying to manage the edema caused by the gamma...
function on many levels due to edema, predniosne ... misery as she had great difficulty tapering ... off as the edema issues would always
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Jul 28, 2019
Hello @rachelpatrick22, welcome to Connect. I'm sure it's different for each of us. I didn't think...
way with a prescription for 20 mg prednisone ... It took 3+ years to taper off of the ... prednisone and the PMR went into remission ... test to confirm and it was back on prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 22, 2019
Hi Carley, I am truly sorry to hear about your pain…. My diagnosis was basically the...
everything else out and the 20 mg dose of Prednisone ... not a doctor, but the dosage of your prednisone ... up 1 mg for the month and start the taper ... It’s a long process to taper and get ... off the meds, but it can be done.
@rearea1 - From Tinkerbell - I am just off 1 1/2 years of Prednisone. Hopefully the...
rearea1 - From Tinkerbell - I am just off ... 1 1/2 years of Prednisone. ... If you have any problems with your taper
Hello @rachelp, welcome to Connect. I have had 2 occurrences of PMR. The first lasted 3...
years at which time I was able to taper ... off of prednisone. ... a year and half and I was able to taper ... off prednisone this past February. ... off.
Posted: Nov 10, 2018
Hi @evelyn123, welcome to Connect. I also have PMR but it is currently in remission. It's...
The first took me about 3 years to taper ... off of prednisone. ... took me about a year and a half to taper ... off of prednisone. ... plan to help you taper off of prednisone
From my personal experience with PMR, no 6 day dose would get rid of it. First...
me 3 and 1/2 years before I could taper ... off of prednisone and be pain free ... me 1 and half years before I could taper ... off.
So far, I am unaware of any side effects of Actemra. I've been having weekly injections...
is also the point at which I began tapering ... off the 60 mg/day of Prednisone I was ... I am now down to 9 mg/day of Prednisone ... avoid relapse, I will be completely off ... Prednisone in mid-October 2023, but
Posted: Jun 22, 2023
I am on Kevzara, too, starting in April, soon after I was diagnosed and started on...
after I was diagnosed and started on prednisone ... Now I am starting to taper off from ... on 8 and I think will try a slower taper
Posted: Oct 6, 2023
I believe you will get better eventually. For me PmR came on fast and hard. It...
just a bit stiff in the AM and have tapered ... to 2.5 mg predisone. ... I will be so glad to be off predisone
Posted: Oct 9, 2023
Have they done a kidney biopsy? I was diagnosed with IGA vasculitis and I had blood...
upped to 60mg, when I was weaning off ... in 2 weeks and hoping he takes me off ... Prednisone is bad but I’m doing soo ... much better now that I’ve tapered down
Hi apb, You are not alone! I was diagnosed with TTP in 2009. The cause is...
am treated with plasma pheresis and prednisone ... (80 mg then eventually taper off). ... 18,2022 I didn’t receive Rituximab, just Prednisone ... The prednisone contributes to higher
Posted: Sep 6, 2023
It took over 4 months to diagnose my PMR. I could barely walk. I was so...
my PMR and started me on 15 mg of prednisone ... it for 4 months, than began a slow taper ... off of it. ... The prednisone was not fun, and I developed ... Even with that, the prednisone was so