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Hello @misery3, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @vellen and others....
the morning along with my dose of prednisone ... This helped when I was struggling to taper ... off of prednisone. ... started you on and if you have a plan to taper ... off?
Hi Glenn @glenner075, I see that you are new to Connect so I would like to...
thank you for sharing about taking prednisone ... I've been on prednisone twice for ... I recently was able to taper off this ... think most of the side effects from prednisone
Posted: Jun 28, 2018
Thank ypu for your advice. I'm on 4 mg prednisone for my rheumatoid arthritis and as...
I'm on 4 mg prednisone for my rheumatoid ... Then take a paper towel wetted with ... Then take a dry paper towel and dry ... Then you will see the thrush rubbed off
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Aug 19, 2017
Hello Barbara Rene’ (@barbararene) - I've heard of moonface being one of the side effects of...
one of the side effects of being on prednisone ... I was on prednisone for 3 years starting ... rheumatica and was finally able to taper ... off in 2010. ... Good luck on tapering off of the prednisone
Posted: Aug 7, 2017
Hi Barbara, What I've discovered is that each person is different on how their body reacts...
different on how their body reacts to prednisone ... good the rheumatologist had me start tapering ... off by cutting the dosage by half each ... I finally was able to get off of prednisone
Posted: Jul 20, 2017
Having multiple conditions isn't ideal under any circumstance. When Actemra worked so well for PMR, I...
worked so well for PMR, I was able to taper ... Within a couple of weeks, of being off ... As I tapered my prednisone dose back ... off prednisone again. ... off prednisone.
I have a few of your symptoms but I'm not sure they are related or have...
when my PMR is active and I'm not on prednisone ... or I'm trying to taper off of prednisone ... in August and I was put on 20 mg of prednisone ... fighting a running battle trying to taper ... off the prednisone to see if the PMR
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 19, 2017
It is frustrating and I'm sure it's different for each of us which makes it really...
which makes it really difficult to taper ... off of prednisone. ... Kind of like the guy that jumped off
Hello @lily2013 -- welcome to Mayo Connect. I'm glad you found us and I'm hoping another...
rheumatica (PMR) and the drug of choice is prednisone ... off of prednisone, the last six months ... mg and 1/2 mg dose until I could be off ... then I reduced the tapering amount ... swelling goes away when you go on prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 22, 2018
Hello @woolfklynn , Welcome to Connect. What's wrong with me - is I'm guessing, a question...
I was also put on prednisone and it ... It took me three years to taper off ... of prednisone and the PMR went into ... aware of the weight gain effect of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 18, 2018
Hello @spice, I'm also not real happy about taking prednisone for the second time around with...
I'm also not real happy about taking prednisone ... round with PMR took me 3 years to taper ... off of prednisone.
Posted: Nov 27, 2017
Hi Dave (@dmarano2000), I have found something that I've had some success with. It's a protocol...
companies and products making money off ... my second occurrence and trying to taper ... off of prednisone.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Nov 17, 2017
Adia, Like you I have had tapering problems, though I have had PMR longer, over 2...
Adia, Like you I have had tapering problems ... Below 8 mg prednisone I kept having ... that was not the case I followed the taper ... I have dropped from 8 to 5 mgs prednisone ... me with exercise has been to back off
Discussion: Tapering angst
Posted: Jul 28, 2023
What I meant by the pain setting in is when my doctor had me go from...
As long as I stay on a level of prednisone ... 's why I'm not rushing the taper ... glands and them taking over once one tapers ... off the meds.
Posted: Aug 9, 2023
I started MXT about two months ago. I’ve been on prednisone since December. Started at 40mg...
Started at 40mg of prednisone. ... week and then I’m starting the long taper ... If it helps me get down off of prednisone ... I’m off pred completely. ... And then I’ll work on getting off of
Posted: Aug 9, 2023
I was diagnosed in 2020 with PMR by my family doctor. He treated me for a...
repeatedly I did not want to be on Prednisone ... I told the doc I wanted off and so I ... that, so back on at 10 or 15mg and taper ... Prednisone has given me thin skin.
I was diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis in 2020 with a biopsy near my temple. I...
I started with 40 mg of Prednisone and ... tapered off during 6 or 7 months and ... Considering going on Prednisone again ... for watching my calorie intake with Prednisone