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@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
The Methotrexate helped me initially. I was at 8 mg prednisone, couldn't go lower, and the...
I was at 8 mg prednisone, couldn&#39 ... I tapered down to 5 mg fairly easily ... while I was on MTX and I had to get off
I was diagnosed with Polymyalgia in April 2023 and was prescribed 20mg of prednisone and slowly...
April 2023 and was prescribed 20mg of prednisone ... stopped taking the steroids after tapering ... off them, at first I was fine but then
Not necessarily something you need to get use to, because everyone responds differently to treatment. I...
return after the Advil started to wear off ... reoccurring or is this a reaction to weaning off ... the Prednisone? ... Also, if you taper too quick, you could ... rather take a longer time to wean off
Posted: Jul 10 2:23pm
that was years ago when i was on methotrexate with Humira .. the nausea only lasted...
Prednisone surprises me. ... had a short term course of low dose prednisone ... You have to taper off of it because
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Posted: Jul 18 2:25pm
Great you tapered off in that space of time took me 2 years to get from...
Great you tapered off in that space ... I lost a lot of muscle strength on prednisone ... musculoskeletal physician in August I know prednisone
Posted: Jul 20 3:41pm