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Hi Annsheehan, Mine almost exactly the same, with the one exception my pain started immediately after...
Prednisone is making a huge difference ... states that it will be 2 years on Prednisone ... with tapering, with possibility of ... Mistakenly the first specialist took me off
If I were you I would talk to a trusted pharmacist. I take prednisone for COPD...
I take prednisone for COPD flares, maybe ... at a time and if longer dosage is tapered ... off.
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Posted: Mar 20, 2018
Hi @joan7, I had a temporal artery biopsy done on my right side - since that's...
was positive - I was put on 40 mg of prednisone ... , tapering down 5mg every two weeks. ... me for a Dexa scan, I guess because prednisone ... Prednisone took care of the GCA and ... I' ve been off it for 10 months.
Hi @jennywren, GCA can cause stroke or blindness if untreated and a higher dosage of prednisone...
if untreated and a higher dosage of prednisone ... , tapering down by 5 mg every two weeks ... As the dosage of prednisone reduced, ... I tapered down a couple of mg every ... I've been off prednisone for nearly
Posted: Sep 21, 2023
My rheumatologist seemed to feel that Kevzara and Actemra were similar and that it did not...
did not matter which was used as I taper ... off Prednisone. ... Kevzara side effects are far less than Prednisone ... so likely tolerated far better than Prednisone
Posted: May 12, 2023
Yes, I am confident that I developed PMR about 10 days after my 3rd Covid-19 (Moderna)...
barely reach down to pick up something off ... He started me on 20mg of prednisone ... with a tapering dose for the next few ... down the prednisone to my current does ... off the prednisone, but we will see
Posted: Oct 4, 2023
I also was playing pickleball (crippleball). My PMR started in December with a hamstring charley horse...
Started 20mg prednisone right then, ... not because I'm having trouble tapering ... clinic and got low dose naltrexone, tapering ... this as my new PCP is so scared of prednisone ... which took 8 months and he blew me off
I was on higher dose of Predisone but with not much improvement. My Rheumatologist thinks I...
I was on higher dose of Predisone but ... I am worried about tapering off, but ... on this forum have experienced from Predisone
@redboat Have you ever been diagnosed with anything more specific or is it still "presumptive" PMR...
adrenal insufficiency before I could taper ... off prednisone. ... Getting off prednisone was a true miracle ... After I got off prednisone while still ... down quickly on Humira but when I tapered
lindaadel; I am being treated by my primary care Internal Med doc. I was diagnosed in...
diagnosed in January 23 and put on prednisone ... I came off prednisone entirely in August ... brutal 5 day flare and am back on prednisone ... 20 mg for 10 days and will taper down
I was diagnosed in January of this year. After being off prednisone for 5 weeks yesterday....
After being off prednisone for 5 weeks ... I am now back on prednisone for a 14 ... week taper to Kezvara starting with ... Went home and started back on prednisone ... You love and hate prednisone at the
Posted: Oct 4, 2023
I was tapering at 1 mg. a .month and had a big flare-up that only subsided...
I was tapering at 1 mg. a .month and ... flare-up that only subsided at 10 mgs. of prednisone ... and praying for a remission to.get off
I'm very happy with the Actemra infusion. I "progressed" to a monthly infusion. I started with...
I was able to taper off prednisone but ... I was only off prednisone for about ... I had to go back on 60 mg of prednisone ... I tapered off prednisone in two months ... I was off prednisone for the third time
Posted: Oct 21, 2023
Welcome @lunamadre, I think we've all had those "will I ever get off of prednisone" moments....
all had those "will I ever get off ... of prednisone" moments. ... discussion that might help you with the tapering ... like you at doing great being at 7 mg prednisone ... What dosage of prednisone did your rheumatologist
Inflammatory disorders like PMR cause fatigue. When you have chronic pain, you are exhausted at the...
Unfortunately, prednisone shuts off ... Will you ever get off prednisone? ... produce enough cortisol so that you can taper ... off prednisone. ... I wasn't able to get off prednisone
Hello everyone, I'm new on this forum and have yet to try LDN. I'm hoping my...
will prescribe it to enable me to taper ... more quickly off Prednisone. ... my Pred to 40mg where I've been tapering
Posted: May 9, 2023
The adrenals need to increase their cortisol production when 7 mg of prednisone is reached. The...
their cortisol production when 7 mg of prednisone ... The problem is you can't taper off ... prednisone too quickly because of the ... However, continuing to take prednisone ... flares when they reach the 7 mg dose of prednisone