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Hello @deborah57, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @nancy53 and others....
I started at 20 mg prednisone and it ... I was able to taper off of prednisone ... late 2016 and I was back on 20 mg prednisone ... This time I was able to taper off of ... prednisone in 1 and half years in 2018
Posted: Mar 6 9:02am
@pb50 I'm curious about how you use prednisone for flares of RA. I used prednisone for...
I could usually taper off in a month ... call him "if I had any problems tapering ... off" but I never had any problems ... tapers" and had a lot of experience ... off when the pain stopped.
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Posted: Mar 9 11:29am
Actemra (tocilizumab) got me off prednisone. There was a waiver granted because of my "inability" to...
Actemra (tocilizumab) got me off prednisone ... because of my "inability" to taper ... off prednisone which was being used
Posted: Mar 13 12:10pm
Until PMR was diagnosed, I had no problem tapering off prednisone … sometimes from 100 mg...
PMR was diagnosed, I had no problem tapering ... off prednisone … sometimes from 100 ... into remission with a high dose of prednisone ... followed by a fast taper. ... I couldn’t taper off prednisone for
Posted: Apr 26 12:16pm
Hi, I started taking LF a month ago with very good results, i.e., reduced shoulder and...
Switched to Prednisone 20mg and tapered ... off 2-3 times down to 5 mg. ... My Rheumatologist really wanted me off ... prednisone so I stopped completely
Posted: Apr 13 7:48pm
@dadcue Wow!! You have been through it all!! That sounds awful! I will make sure that...
this is getting better the more we taper ... low back pain he's had on and off ... Also, his high doses of prednisone messed ... He's now up to 5 to 6 as we taper ... So now you're off the prednisone
Posted: May 25 11:14am
Same for Reactive Arthritis ... Pain was more confined to my lumbar spine but I also...
followed by a fast taper. ... I could taper from 100 mg to zero in ... Both responded rapidly to Prednisone ... PMR was diagnosed, I couldn't taper ... off Prednisone for more than 12 years
Yes. I was originally at 60 mgs of Prednisone last September for possible GCA along with...
I was originally at 60 mgs of Prednisone ... have it so they immediately stated to taper ... me off the meds and now I'm down
"Please go after your pains one at a time and don't assume they are inter-related. This...
one at a time that I successfully tapered ... off prednisone. ... anyway and I was finally able to get off ... Prednisone. ... term basis and prednisone was only
Hello @bobroberts, Welcome to Connect. Thank you for sharing your experience treating PMR. I agree that...
I agree that prednisone is not always ... the dosage amount for the day when tapering ... down to get off of prednisone. ... level was too high then to slow the taper
Posted: Jun 11 9:52am
Ok. I am busted. When on this site or other sites I use the word Prednisone...
site or other sites I use the word Prednisone ... it was referring to my wife's taper ... I was on 6 months and got off. ... Even though .75 dex = 5mg Prednisone ... I have never taken Prednisone only the
Posted: Jun 14 11:36am
I dont think I could have made it without steroids. Like John says within four hours...
through the pain but no pain after the prednisone ... weeks and then within months start to taper ... The sooner you can get off the better
Posted: Jul 21 7:28pm
@pdxmac, you might find some helpful suggestions in this related discussion: - PMR Flare up: Any...
connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/flare-up/ Tapering ... off medications like prednisone can ... in the second week of your latest taper
Posted: Jul 24 5:53pm
Don’t forget the importance of testing (ESR, CRP) in your evaluation of dosages and whether to...
evaluation of dosages and whether to taper ... particular dose, and your desire to get off ... prednisone should not by themselves
Posted: Jul 24 9:52am
It might be an adrenal problem rather than a problem with Actemra. I successfully tapered off...
I successfully tapered off Prednisone ... off prednisone. ... I tapered my prednisone dose by 1 mg ... off prednisone. ... off prednisone again.
I can tell you aren't in the USA so I don't really know how it works...
effects and I said, "yes." My tapering ... said "taper as instructed." ... precise instructions about how to taper ... seemed to understand I was trying to taper ... off albeit without much success.
Posted: Jul 9 5:45am
I have been following Rheumatology webinars for Rheumatologists for the last 11 months trying to learn...
Depending on the CRP, hit it with Prednisone ... for a couple of weeks then start the taper ... hearing about them and only works off
Posted: Jul 9 2:12pm
Yes, I was diagnosed with Dresslers in Sept. 2024. I’m still on steroids (10mg) daily and...
daily and can’t seem to be able to taper ... off because my symptoms return within ... a day or two of trying to taper off ... Between the Amniodarone, Prednisone
Discussion: Dressler Syndrome
Posted: Jul 7 11:15pm
@babbsjoy I like your recommendation about parking spaces, parking so you can just pull out going...
will help him and that he can get off ... prednisone sooner rather than later ... months at least to go through the tapering ... GCA) and that he can eventually be off ... He takes Actemra to help taper the prednisone
Posted: Jul 8 6:03pm