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Hello Barbararene’ (@barbararene), I'm sorry you are in pain and feeling a little down. I'm having...
I'm having my struggles tapering off ... of prednisone and know the pain in ... I am taking prednisone for my polymyalgia ... a good overall description of what prednisone ... If you have the 1 mg prednisone tablets
Posted: Sep 8, 2017
Hello Barbararene, sorry you are in so much pain. I've got no medical training or background...
and going through the tapering off ... off of the prednisone (one from the ... says it usually goes away after you taper ... below 10 mg prednisone dosage. ... Keep working on tapering off and when
Posted: Aug 11, 2017
Hello @kgoodwin9, thank you for sharing your story. For a lot of us prednisone is the...
For a lot of us prednisone is the magic ... you are correct - the goal is to get off ... rheumatica (PMR) it took me 3 years to taper ... off of it. ... I'm guessing the prednisone is reducing
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 8, 2017
I there a reason your doctor has you skip a day? Is it part of his...
Is it part of his taper off schedule ... but everyone I know who have taken prednisone ... past have never skipped a day while tapering ... off the medication. ... My local rheumatologist wanted me off
Hello @mach92, welcome to Connect. Thank you for sharing your story. You are so right about...
It took me three years to taper off ... of prednisone. ... dosage until I was finally able to get off ... I'm now at 5 mgs and trying to taper ... Wishing you luck on tapering off the
I have found that tapering even 5 mg at a time is too fast and I...
I have found that tapering even 5 mg ... see my physician, she just wants me off ... of the prednisone. ... to be able to move in order to be off ... side effects that I know of from the prednisone
Posted: Mar 28, 2017
@epvb, I also want to welcome you to Mayo Connect. As of Dec.9, 2016, I am...
of Dec.9, 2016, I am successfully off ... prednisone!! ... Mayo Clinic has to say about coming off ... prednisone. http://www.mayoclinic.org ... /prednisone-withdrawal/expert-answers
Posted: Mar 27, 2017
I have a love/hate relationship with prednisone. When my kidneys failed 5 years ago it saved...
high doses to begin with and then tapered ... remission... then I started weaning off ... change over to hydrocortisone and taper ... I hate taking it but every time I taper ... nothing and have had 2 teeth break off
Hello @jchatchett, I'm so sorry to hear about the side effects and the pain. I know...
awhile he gave me a schedule to try tapering ... off of prednisone. ... went away enough I didn't need the prednisone
@kanaazpereira A lot has happened since I last was here! After reviewing his biopsies, current lab...
He was started on Prednisone 40 mg ( ... they had him take the first does of Prednisone ... They are hoping to keep him on Prednisone ... for a while and then taper off of it
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Dec 22, 2016
@susanew, My PMR has been in remission now for about a little over 6 years but...
time it took me 3 and half years to taper ... second time with PMR 6 years after tapering ... off the first time was much easier ... of prednisone. ... symptom/pain level log along with your prednisone
Posted: Aug 8, 2024
My PMR began in January of 2022. In April of 2024 I was trying to taper...
In April of 2024 I was trying to taper ... off Prednisone for the second time ... I'm down to 3 mg of Prednisone and ... During the previous two tapers the symptoms ... would return when I reached a Prednisone
Discussion: Kevzara
Posted: Sep 15, 2024
Sadly ... we are told to take prednisone for more than a year for PMR. Then...
and over again when we attempt to taper ... off prednisone as fast as possible ... Sometimes that slow of a taper is all ... She said I didn't need to taper ... experience and how I managed to get off
I appreciate how you are feeling but am thankful they have identified EGPA which does require...
which does require higher doses of prednisone ... infusion clinic.The hardest part was tapering ... down very slowly from the prednisone ... when on both drugs til you can get off ... prednisone.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 12, 2024
Kevzara is now an option for me since it was FDA approved for PMR in February...
20cannot%20tolerate%20corticosteroid%20taper ... for Actemra was my being unable to taper ... off Prednisone and that all other alternatives ... I have been off Prednisone for 4 years ... It feels good to be off Prednisone.
Posted: Nov 11, 2024
My blood tests are never consistent with showing PMR. This has been going on for 7...
7 years and I still can't get off ... Prednisone. ... I also am on the 5 mg. trying to taper ... Methotrexate since August to help wean off ... the Prednisone but have been unsuccessful
Posted: Nov 11, 2024
There is an alternative to Prednisone now! It's Kevzara. Patients are initially put on Prednisone and...
There is an alternative to Prednisone ... Patients are initially put on Prednisone ... and a taper is attempted..if it fails ... , Kevzara ia added, the Pred is tapered ... off, and the patient can remain on
Posted: Nov 9, 2024
I think beta blockers like metoprolol mostly block the effect of adrenaline rather than decrease the...
that is a side effect of prolonged Prednisone ... effect on our cortisol level after Prednisone ... Now I'm off Prednisone and I don ... cortisol level was too low when I was tapering ... off of Prednisone.
I like to share my personal experience. I was on Prednisone for more than 12 years...
high dose bursts followed by a fast taper ... to concede that I would never get off ... Prednisone no matter how slowly I tapered ... it was more complicated than a slow taper ... use, there was no tapering method that