As for the PMR, I need an alternative ... to prednisone because I have osteopenia ... another week before attempting to taper

I started Actemra 4 years ago for PMR ... approved for me was an inability to taper ... to Actemra and it did allow me to taper ... medications for 12 years to treat PMR ... I never would have been able to taper

rheumatologist convinced that you have PMR ... A year elapsed before my PMR treatment ... I took prednisone to treat PMR for nearly ... 13 years before I was able to taper ... It is possible to have both PMR and

symptoms or PMR coming back really is ... hard to determine when we taper below ... includes the inflammation caused by PMR ... I believe the difficulty in tapering ... combination of adrenal insufficiency and PMR

My first time around with PMR I went ... back and forth between 1/2 mg of prednisone ... months before I was finally able to taper ... completely off of prednisone and have

I have had PMR for some years. ... and down on sed rates and the slow taper ... of prednisone is part of life. ... Now, it is normal and I am tapering ... of prednisone, at 7mg now.

okay as long as you are able to taper ... term basis like it was prescribed for PMR ... and tapering off in a couple of weeks ... and I tapered off quickly. ... When PMR was diagnosed, it was the first

Getting PMR into remission is the goal ... Just about everybody starts with the prednisone ... Some people are able to taper better ... My PMR was managed but just barely for ... still take the methotrexate as well as prednisone

I stayed on 3 mg of prednisone for many ... endocinologist said I could simply stop taking prednisone ... I did my final "countdown taper ... aspect of this is whether or not the PMR ... Actemra allowed me to taper quickly

I’m 79 and took prednisone for 9 months ... before tapering. ... There will definitely be pain post prednisone ... I felt at the beginning of having PMR ... be back on for long and your second taper

;m on Hydroxychloroquine and still tapering ... down on the Prednisone. ... #39;m sure the weight gain from the Prednisone ... who has given me input regarding my PMR

lot of weight my first go round with PMR ... One of things I did after my first PMR ... changes for me as my second time with PMR ... lasted 1-1/2 years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone.

be worth a try for "relapsing PMR ... Kevzara won't work immediately so prednisone ... any luck, Kevzara will allow you to taper ... off Prednisone more quickly than you ... With some additional luck, PMR will

Sorry to hear you joined the PMR club ... and was started on 20 mg prednisone ... kept a daily log to help with the tapering ... off of prednisone and logged my level ... Does the 10 mg daily dose of prednisone

and do not overdo : ) Because of PMR ... I have tapered from 30mg to now 2 mg ... The Prednisone withdrawal created some ... - but all the discussions in this PMR ... say this - at suboptimal doses of Prednisone

I just kept telling myself, PMR inflammation ... think I would have a major flare of PMR ... endocrinologist said I didn't need to taper ... Actemra so I didn't have a flare of PMR ... Fortunately, I was able to taper off

Hi @stevieb, I had symptoms of PMR and ... The PMR was unrelenting pain and stiffness ... positive for GCA, I started with 40 mg prednisone ... and tapered off it after a year and ... Now I'm back on 40 mg prednisone

tapering. ... A prednisone dose of 7 mg is roughly ... anywhere near 10 mg for ten years after PMR ... There were other factors so not just PMR ... . while Actemra prevented a PMR flare

I have been tapering at 1 per month ... At 5, my taper was reduced to 0.5 per ... pain you are having is probably not PMR ... or stopping the taper if possible. ... NSAIDS are the best choice for non-PMR

I didn't know anything about PMR ... any blood tests he put me on 10 mg prednisone ... I tapered down to 0 mg prednisone (P ... rheumatologies who thinks I never had PMR