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@DadCue Your experience mirrors my own. I began 15 mg of Prednisone on April 15th, prescribed...
I began 15 mg of Prednisone on April ... prescribed by my PCP, about a week after PMR ... other issues, I was diagnosed with PMR ... suffering during the first couple weeks of PMR ... recommendations, but the latest science of PMR
Posted: Aug 4 4:13pm
I would like to know what the latest science says. If the recommendations only say to...
If the recommendations only say to taper ... I think a faster taper is possible with ... I didn't think it was a PMR problem ... without tapering if I wished. ... happened but I didn't have a PMR
Posted: Aug 4 9:25pm
I've been told that the rule of thumb is that things like soreness, stiffness and burning...
people feel so good on higher doses of prednisone ... expect that to continue when they taper ... Especially since tapering also exposes ... non-PMR issues, which for the most ... #39;m finding that my first week of tapering
Posted: Aug 1 12:54pm
My liver enzymes, AST and ALT have both been elevated at various times since I was...
various times since I was diagnosed with PMR ... However, PMR was never suggested as ... Various medications used to treat PMR ... when atorvastatin was stopped after I tapered ... off prednisone.
Discussion: Elevated alk phos
Posted: Aug 16 11:31am
I am not sure what a successful prednisone taper looks like. I tapered to zero from...
I am not sure what a successful prednisone ... taper looks like. ... I tapered to zero from 20. ... that it can take two years to stop pmr
Posted: Aug 16 12:41pm
"Why am I bothering to get down to no medication when my body goes into a...
If PMR isn't in remission, then ... gets more complicated when you think PMR ... Also hope PMR stays in remission or ... That is why we need to taper off prednisone ... " so you might have a flare of PMR
Posted: Jun 11 2:52pm
Hi, I’m confused as to what constitutes a flare. If it’s aches and pains then that...
think that no aches and pains when tapering ... , and when eventually off prednisone ... As long as it’s not like full blown PMR
Posted: Jun 13 7:25am
This "awful drug" has saved my life. I was in such excruciating pain that I thought...
My PCP diagnosed PMR quickly and 4 hours ... after my 1st dose of Prednisone, I ... I've tapered from 20mg to 8.5mg ... I hope to be off Prednisone in another ... one will be eternally grateful for Prednisone
Posted: Jun 17 8:26am
Yes, I live in a swing state and have worked the polls the last few years....
any work last year when I developed PMR ... But I feel I got my life back with prednisone ... However, I am now tapering and the last ... this November even if I have to up my prednisone ... Maybe that's why there is so much PMR
Posted: Jun 18 10:38am
I didn't really feel any different for 3 months when I started Actemra injections every 2...
mg and I didn't have a PMR flare ... I felt unwell but no PMR pain. ... I waited six months on 3 mg of prednisone ... me the green light to discontinue prednisone ... injections are weekly so maybe your PMR
Posted: Jun 4 11:36am
Giving her adrenals a chance to produce cortisol depends on why she was put on a...
She might not need Prednisone for PMR ... She might still need prednisone if ... #34; sometimes when people can't taper ... off prednisone. ... I had to stay on 3 mg without tapering
Posted: Jun 18 9:40pm
PMR came on overnight and I was completely debilitated. Two weeks later I started on 15...
PMR came on overnight and I was completely ... weeks later I started on 15 mg of prednisone ... Currently at 8 mg and tapering. ... I don’t think it affected my PMR one ... Prednisone has been a life saver for
Posted: Jun 18 11:49pm
@gjc111, Do you mean tried accupuncture along with prednisone when trying to taper off of prednisone?...
mean tried accupuncture along with prednisone ... when trying to taper off of prednisone ... another discussion -- How to address PMR ... pain while decreasing prednisone: https
Posted: Feb 17, 2022
Thats a really good question. I wont bother sending you links but just google prednisone taper...
taper or prednisone and cortisol. ... Everyone calls it a PMR flare. ... This pain from the taper can also resurface ... in check making it easier to taper ... If its prednisone taper Tylenol or other
Posted: Jun 24 9:11am
"RA has been around a long time." "Corticosteroids appear to be all that works if the...
My PMR became refractory. ... be reset quickly and people need to taper ... off Prednisone as soon as possible. ... dose for uveitis followed by a fast taper ... for PMR.
Discussion: treatment of PMR
Posted: Jun 23 12:59pm
I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 months ago. My first assigned prednisone dosage was too...
I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 months ... My first assigned prednisone dosage ... breakfast and dinner), with a more gradual taper ... (7.5/7.5), with a slower taper when ... I'm currently on Day 6 without prednisone
Posted: Aug 15 9:31am
I had a similar experience with Actemra (tocilizumab). I was skeptical that Actemra would work so...
Being a skeptic, I decided to taper ... I tapered by 1 mg per week from 7 mg ... I had a flare but not a PMR flare which ... I tapered off Prednisone a second time ... The second time I tapered off Prednisone
Posted: Aug 19 6:25pm
Did you ever get flares of uveitis along with the flares of reactive arthritis? After I...
Everything changed after PMR was diagnosed ... finding all kinds of problems after PMR ... I was always able to taper off Prednisone ... After PMR was diagnosed, it took me ... 12 years to taper off Prednisone.
Posted: Aug 26 6:21am
I would be interested in what a UK doctor tells a newly diagnosed PMR patient. Is...
UK doctor tells a newly diagnosed PMR ... guidelines" for the treatment of PMR ... The guidelines for the treatment of PMR ... I didn't have any success tapering ... It only took me a year to taper off
Discussion: newly diagnosed
Posted: Aug 30 8:03am
I dont know any of your particulars. But for my own case it seems the 10mg...
about the minimum required to keep the PMR ... I had found 10mg was the lest Prednisone ... There would be no sense in trying to taper ... from 10mg if your PMR is not burned ... I think when your having trouble tapering
Posted: Aug 31 1:55pm