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People find different things that work for them. Collectively they are all called "Steroid sparing medications."...
a flare when you try to lower your prednisone ... some people get to a lower dose of Prednisone ... personally think the sooner you can get off ... Prednisone ... the better. ... Unfortunately, tapering off Prednisone
Posted: Jan 8 11:38am
There are many examples on this blog of people who were successful with taking prednisone and...
people who were successful with taking prednisone ... and then tapering off. ... even if you have to increase your prednisone ... in the midst of tapering of you will ... The difference in terms of tapering
Posted: Jan 15 8:25am
Hello @rnm my heart goes out to you. Last June I too was diagnosed with PMR...
't rush the process of weaning off ... prednisone!! ... So now I am at 13mg and tapering 1mg
Posted: Feb 17 11:16am
I am taking both Azathioprine 100mg per day and Prednizone 30 mg per day. I am...
both Azathioprine 100mg per day and Prednizone ... I am in the process of tapering off ... prednizone and eventually hope to stop ... But I fight off the fatigue and try
Hello, 2 plus years of PMR and Prednisone. I tapered to zero and lasted 10 days...
I tapered to zero and lasted 10 days ... before going back to 5 mg Prednisone ... and started a rapid taper of 1 mg reduction ... for sure it’s the LDN that helped me taper ... I was motivated to get off Prednisone
Posted: Feb 19 11:32am
Dear mehow: I started out with head pain while lying down to sleep. One a.m. I...
ED and they did labs and put me on Prednisone ... One week I was on 100 mg of Prednisone ... Tapered off Pred at end of August on
Discussion: Possible GCA
Posted: Feb 21 12:56pm
While I agree with getting off Prednisone as fast as possible --- it doesn't seem like...
While I agree with getting off Prednisone ... Initial tapering: Taper dose to an oral ... dose of 10 mg/day prednisone equivalent ... daily oral prednisone by 1 mg every ... took me more than 12 years to get off
Posted: Feb 14 8:40am
Welcome @barbwhitmore, Sorry to hear that the flu vaccine may have caused the polymyalgia rheumatica as...
Prednisone is the magic sauce that makes ... off of the drug and you really have ... off the first time around and a year ... discussions you might find helpful. -- Prednisone ... /discussion/prednisone-tapering-and-remission
Thats wonderful! Just curious how long you took prednisone and how long it took you to...
Just curious how long you took prednisone ... and how long it took you to taper off ... hoping and praying that he starts tapering ... me because I want to be off of prednisone
Posted: Feb 24 6:59pm
"When you reduce to a lower level, if it only feels a bit more painful try...
Since I didn't seem to need Prednisone ... able to do a 3-2-1-zero countdown taper ... I needed Prednisone again after my first ... attempt to discontinue Prednisone. ... In my opinion, tapering off Prednisone
Posted: Feb 20 11:57am
It’s been a while (thankfully) but I remember waking with the first one in September and...
Neurologist thought to hit it with Prednisone ... think it was 10 days or so of the prednisone ... start with a higher dose and gradually taper ... off.
Support Group: Headache & Migraine
Posted: Aug 23, 2023
@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: Headache & Migraine
Posted: Dec 18, 2018
I'm just wondering what you would consider to be "useful medical advice." The standard of care...
off Prednisone is the standard advice ... off prednisone as soon as possible ... off prednisone in a timely fashion. ... off prednisone as soon as I could and ... off prednisone.
Posted: Mar 1 8:45am
'Useful to the individual' is how I'd define it. I can relate to your initial confusion...
Mine diagnosed me with lupus right off ... I don't recall how fast she tapered ... Prednisone but it apparently was too
Posted: Mar 1 11:25am
Welcome @christineb23, It sounds like you may be tapering too fast. Each of us are different....
Off Prednisone but ... no set rules ... discussion/how-to-slowly-and-safely-taper-off-prednisone-but-no-set-rules ... off with the last six months going ... back and forth between 1 and 1/2 mg prednisone ... off.
I was 69 when PMR started. I too worked out. I have lifted weights since high...
This became much easier with prednisone ... During the taper I just kept going. ... I believe this helped me get off steroids ... Prednisone has a half life of 3 hours ... body is going to feel the fatigue of tapering
Posted: Feb 9 10:33am
"I have had spondyloarthritis most of my life but my PMR symptoms are different; much worse."...
arthritis as long as I had enough Prednisone ... That was when I never had enough Prednisone ... Now I don't take any Prednisone. ... Actemra allowed me to taper off prednisone ... adrenals insufficiency from long term Prednisone
Posted: Feb 15 7:27am
I can only speak for myself, but I had a mild case to begin with, which...
It took about a year to taper off of ... 10 mg. of prednisone. ... about a year later, but I was able to taper ... off 2 mg. in a couple of months. ... I actually had to take 2 mg. of prednisone
Posted: May 8 9:09am