Have started with 20mg Prednisone, and ... tapered down to 5mg several times, ... years. which barely takes the edge off ... (Prednisone is not without side effects

i will look for the discussion on tapering ... off prednisone.

When you come off of the steroids (cortisol ... ), you must come off slowly and be ... Now I’m on Mycophenolate mofitil and prednisone ... I’ve tapered to 5mg of prednisone and

I only took my dose of prednisone in ... with PMR took 3 and half years to taper ... off with the last six months going ... only took me a year and a half to taper ... off of prednisone.

chest, neck and shoulders started on Prednisone ... They say I will feel better once I am off ... At the rate I am going in terms of tapering

She started me at 20mg of prednisone ... #39;ve have had ups and downs with tapering ... -15mg for some time before I could taper ... Currently off the methotrexate and at ... 5 mg of prednisone.

It sounds like you tapered too quickly ... Tapering off Prednisone is a very slow

that the goal of treating PMR with prednisone ... is to taper off slowly and listen to ... your body while tapering down. ... If I was pain free on 20 mg prednisone ... , I would definitely try tapering down

I will continue to take prednisone and ... start to taper off next week taking ... of thing managing "flare ups" with prednisone

managing withdrawal symptoms from prednisone ... written about pain management with prednisone ... Have you talked to your doctor about tapering ... off prednisone, rather than coming ... off it abruptly?

I have been on prednisone of various ... doses and tapers for nearly 2 years ... Colchicine and a low maintenance dose of Prednisone ... As you point out, Prednisone is bad ... enough and I've tried to wean off of

started on the usual dose of 15mg of Prednisone ... Sadly, I was told to taper far too quickly ... So up I went to 40mg and have been tapering ... My rheumy wants me off Pred asap. ... I'm currently only tapering by 0.5mg

There was something about prednisone ... I could take 60-100 mg and taper off ... reasonably well for you and you can get off ... prednisone. ... In the meantime, I like being off prednisone

originally was given 20 mg//day of Prednisone ... treated with weekly shots of Actemra and tapering ... off Prednisone. ... to 10 mg in June, then completely off ... of Prednisone in October.

After failing for 12 years to taper ... off prednisone, I was able to taper ... off in less than a year after Actemra ... I have been off prednisone for 2 years ... thinks Actemra is better than long term prednisone

coming back when you reduce to 6 mg prednisone ... starting dose, it may be that you are tapering ... I started at 20 mg prednisone and the ... time it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off.

Rheumatologist started me on 20 mg of prednisone ... upped dosage to 30mg for a week then tapered ... will want to continue the taper. ... understand the need to reduce/get off ... of prednisone with minimum issues.

I was able to taper off my low dose ... of prednisone (started at 10 mg) within ... I have been slowly tapering off of 2

Prednisone would relieve these painful ... I tapered off prednisone in a one or ... control the pain but I never could taper ... off prednisone for 12 years after that ... A biologic allowed me to taper off prednisone

respond with a burst of high dose of prednisone ... followed by a fast taper. ... PMR doesn't mean that long term prednisone ... I would say the longer you take prednisone ... , slowly tapering off prednisone is