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Thank-you for the update. Sounds like you are making progress with tapering prednisone. I developed peripheral...
like you are making progress with tapering ... prednisone. ... not diabetic despite many years of prednisone ... He said prednisone also leads to metabolic ... I knew that prednisone wasn't helping
Actually the sooner you start Actemra, the better. It helps you to taper faster and with...
It helps you to taper faster and with ... I was taking 60 mg a day of prednisone ... So you have to slowly taper the dose ... I have been tapering prednisone for ... threads on this forum about how to taper
Discussion: Temporal Arteritis
Posted: Jun 24, 2025
I began my journey 9/24/21 with 40mg Prednisone fast forward to 11/1/22 @ 3mg AM 1mg...
Rummy There are 3 concerns when tapering ... prednisone to doses lower than 5mg/ ... tapering). 3. ... Sunday 12/18/22 I will be continuing my taper ... slow and nearly stop reduction plan (Tapering
Posted: Dec 16, 2022
EGPA is such a rare disease that VERY few doctors remember it from medical school. If...
to control symptoms with bursts of prednisone ... had very low side effects for me and tapering ... prednisone still took 9 months. ... This site has great advice on tapering ... Make sure you take your prednisone Early
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 22, 2025
"rheumy says we are therefore finished treating PMR, and the task is to get off prednisone...
Tapering prednisone slowly is recommended ... so I understood why I was unable to taper ... thought it might be impossible for me to taper ... Tapering off prednisone can be done ... nearly a year to be able to easily taper
Posted: Jan 18, 2024
I am relating my current symptoms in this topic because I am tapering from 4 mg...
symptoms in this topic because I am tapering ... , prednisone tapering, prednisone withdrawal ... think pmr, so I'm continuing the taper ... I sure hope the continuing taper to
I agree that it would be nice to have PMR/GCA support groups in the USA. I...
entitled to know everything about PMR and tapering ... prednisone. ... and I'm happy that I was able to taper ... off Prednisone after 12 years of treatment ... with Prednisone for PMR.
Posted: Dec 29, 2024
"To me the increase is a step backwards in my goal of tapering off the med."...
is a step backwards in my goal of tapering ... However, increasing your prednisone ... rheumatologist "pressures" them to taper ... In my opinion, the whole process of tapering ... prednisone causes discomfort.
Posted: Aug 1, 2024
@staylorrn2000 It is a long story how I managed to taper off Prednisone. Considering I was...
It is a long story how I managed to taper ... off Prednisone. ... My "progress" at tapering Prednisone ... I tapered by 1 mg per week. ... taper.
Posted: Feb 9 10:49am
I'm not your Dad but the same thing happened to me. I needed an endocrinologist to...
needed an endocrinologist to help me taper ... controlled my PMR symptoms while I tapered ... okay to go from 3 mg to zero without tapering ... think people forget the reason for tapering ... there is a risk of a PMR flare if we taper
Posted: Sep 4, 2024
I first started Actemra (tocilizumab) on January 1st, 2019. I liked the symbolism of starting a...
prednisone by 1 mg per month. ... I don't remember how I tapered after ... that, The taper was based on symptoms ... I was off prednisone for 5 weeks. ... prednisone from 15 mg back to 0 mg
The doctor in the video mentions prednisone effects on the HPA axis. I'm convinced that reactivation...
was most of what prevented me from tapering ... The whole reason for tapering prednisone ... I hope your way of tapering works. ... I did a relatively fast taper from 3 ... I tapered off prednisone again --- going
Discussion: PMR Taper and pain
Posted: Jan 19, 2024
I agree it makes sense to check in with the doctor, but it’s extremely common, especially...
lower doses to need to either slow the taper ... Unfortunately, tapering prednisone with ... decide whether or not to pause the taper ... recommended to take an nsaid (advil) with prednisone
I am new to this group discussion board and at age 74 was disagnosed in Nov....
I started treatment on 20 mg prednisone ... daily and have been on some dosage of prednisone ... I learned that they disable prednisone ... to be increased to control them on prednisone ... I am now tapering prednisone very very
Posted: Oct 8, 2021
My husband has just been given Actemra (injections you do at home.) We picked it up...
had PMR for about 8 months and was tapering ... Prednisone down from 30 mg to 12.5 ... They now have him on 80 mg daily of Prednisone
Posted: Feb 29, 2024
@gently Hi, and thanks for responding. Yes the headaches are finally gone but the "Light flashes"...
and my P1nP was 37 after 8 months of prednisone ... 5 months average 15MG/day) then I tapered ... time for my body to normalize off the prednisone
Posted: Feb 18 6:33pm