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Thank you for the very helpful replies to my question about tapering yesterday. Later in the...
helpful replies to my question about tapering ... When I picked up my last lot of Prednisone ... He went off to see the practice nurse
Posted: Jul 8, 2024
I had RA beginning as a teenager (now 68) and was at various times on 25...
hydrocortisone overlapping with the prednisone ... and tapered off the prednisone after ... Please do your best to get off prednisone
Posted: Jul 8, 2024
I'm currently doing Actema infusions for "refractory PMR." I was on prednisone for more than 12...
I was able to get off prednisone completely ... My first attempt to taper off Prednisone ... My second attempt to taper off Prednisone ... Being off prednisone makes Actemra worth ... I was able to get off Prednisone and
I think Dr treating PMR have a pretty tough job. They disease requires long term steroid...
they know when they start you on the prednisone ... you most likely will not be able to taper ... off. ... Its when you start to taper off the ... prednisone then you run short because
Posted: Jun 30, 2024
@dadcue Thank you for your response!! I appreciate you sharing that info about the prednisone causing...
appreciate you sharing that info about the prednisone ... The prednisone does cause one thing ... I'm so glad you're off of it ... down from 80 mg to 20 mg and still tapering ... He's on Actemra to help the taper
Posted: Jun 28, 2024
Hi @sherylp, My first go round with Prednisone, at 40 mg, tapering down by 5 mg...
Hi @sherylp, My first go round with Prednisone ... , at 40 mg, tapering down by 5 mg every ... I was off it a year and a half, then
Discussion: PMR or PREDNISONE
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
I think and particularly my case the sooner you can get off prednisone the easier it...
particularly my case the sooner you can get off ... prednisone the easier it will be. ... off. ... My taper wall was 5 mg. ... weeks I was able to go from the 5mg to off
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
So now I'm really curious ... Why have you been on a 5 mg maintenance dose...
rheumatologists want their patients off ... tocilizumab) because I was unable to taper ... off prednisone for 12 years after PMR ... I usually flared whenever I tapered ... I was off Prednisone a year later.
The ones i have seen most frequently are higher cholesterol which is similar to what Prednisone...
cholesterol which is similar to what Prednisone ... PMR from flaring back up due to the prednisone ... taper. ... dont need to take it forever to get off ... the the prednisone.
Posted: Jun 18, 2024
wow elained. You are a trooper. You are a classic example of how the body turns...
on. 5mg of medrol would be 20mg of prednisone ... With so many things going on tapering ... off medrol is going to be a slow process ... slow the PMR restart created by the taper
Posted: Jun 6, 2024
I was on Prednisone for over a year prior. I had a lot of side effects...
I was on Prednisone for over a year ... 20 mg) and did not tolerate getting off ... So my doc started to taper before I
Don't expect an immediate change when starting Kevzara but try to be optimistic. Kevzara doesn't come...
I wasn't able to taper off prednisone ... I tapered my prednisone dose by 1 mg ... figured a flare was inevitable so I tapered ... rheumatologist said I shouldn't taper ... time was a breeze and now I have been off
I am interested in attending PRC in Jax. Just getting my PCP to send records right...
Start tapering off my Prednisone now ... but ill be more than a year+ paying off
Discussion: Headed to PRC…
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: May 31, 2024
Right now, I am on all three drugs. Prednisone down to 8 mg. Methotrexate and Kevzara....
Prednisone down to 8 mg. ... Using moist heat has backed everything off ... direct result of not having that and tapering
Posted: May 26, 2024
Reactive arthritis derives its name from a "reaction to an infection." https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/reactive-arthritis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354838 It used to be...
High dose Prednisone followed by a fast ... taper resulted in remission each time ... Unlike PMR, when I could never taper ... off Prednisone until a biologic called
Posted: May 24, 2024
@JustinMcClanahan Thanks for inviting me to this page. I will check it out. My husband developed...
He was on 30 mg for PMR, tapered to ... then had three 1200 mg infusions of prednisone ... He’s tapered to 30 mg now with weekly ... caused by steroids can improve once off
Posted: May 23, 2024
I'm not able to create a link but this is the URL for the report on...
28% of the group taking Kevzara were off ... prednisone in a year versus 10% for ... Copy/paste should get you to the paper
Under the rule of it’s always something… I’m tapering off ophthalmic prednisone right now. Had cataract...
rule of it’s always something… I’m tapering ... off ophthalmic prednisone right now ... I also had prednisone eye drops so leaned ... on that and now i am tapering - based
Especially tough to balance when I had a flare of uveitis almost as soon as I...
flare of uveitis almost as soon as I tapered ... off Prednisone the first time. ... I tried to taper off after the uveitis ... restarted, it only took me a month to taper ... off Prednisone the second time.