I have been tapering at 1 per month ... At 5, my taper was reduced to 0.5 per ... pain you are having is probably not PMR ... or stopping the taper if possible. ... NSAIDS are the best choice for non-PMR

tapering. ... A prednisone dose of 7 mg is roughly ... anywhere near 10 mg for ten years after PMR ... There were other factors so not just PMR ... . while Actemra prevented a PMR flare

I just kept telling myself, PMR inflammation ... think I would have a major flare of PMR ... endocrinologist said I didn't need to taper ... Actemra so I didn't have a flare of PMR ... Fortunately, I was able to taper off

and do not overdo : ) Because of PMR ... I have tapered from 30mg to now 2 mg ... The Prednisone withdrawal created some ... - but all the discussions in this PMR ... say this - at suboptimal doses of Prednisone

Sorry to hear you joined the PMR club ... and was started on 20 mg prednisone ... kept a daily log to help with the tapering ... off of prednisone and logged my level ... Does the 10 mg daily dose of prednisone

lot of weight my first go round with PMR ... One of things I did after my first PMR ... changes for me as my second time with PMR ... lasted 1-1/2 years before I was able to taper ... off of prednisone.

be worth a try for "relapsing PMR ... Kevzara won't work immediately so prednisone ... any luck, Kevzara will allow you to taper ... off Prednisone more quickly than you ... With some additional luck, PMR will

Hi @stevieb, I had symptoms of PMR and ... The PMR was unrelenting pain and stiffness ... positive for GCA, I started with 40 mg prednisone ... and tapered off it after a year and ... Now I'm back on 40 mg prednisone

know what would happen to me if I tapered ... more than 12 years for PMR. ... I was fairly confident that PMR was ... My endocrinologist said if I tapered ... to find out what would happen if I tapered

I can trace the onset of PMR to the ... and debilitating and I was diagnosed PMR ... she started me on a strong dose of Prednisone ... for about 2 weeks and I tapered successfully

Until PMR was diagnosed, I had no problem ... tapering off prednisone … sometimes ... followed by a fast taper. ... PMR was a new beast. ... I couldn’t taper off prednisone for

I have been dealing with PMR/RA for ... Switched to Prednisone 20mg and tapered ... Rheumatologist really wanted me off prednisone

for helping your husband with his tapering ... down on the prednisone. ... My first time around with PMR I spent ... 1/2 mg until I was finally able to taper ... Mainly to see if I could the tapering

lowest it's been since he got PMR ... on 80 mg starting late Feb and has tapered ... weeks now and will continue with the prednisone ... taper. ... stress headaches (even though he had PMR

I was at age 54 PMR. ... Prednisone 10 mg twice a day morning ... Tried tapering it down to 7.5 but too

Actemra (tocilizumab) for refractory PMR ... I was able to taper off prednisone. ... Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR. ... cytokine implicated in both GCA and PMR ... I was unable to taper off prednisone

Later as i was tapering from around ... this is part of the pain(s) of the prednisone ... distal to shoulder and hip girdle in PMR ... " and also the paper below https ... musculoskeletal manifestations in GCA and PMR

sulfasalazine back along with the prednisone ... rheumatologist think you might have both RA and PMR ... I hope the taper continues on smoothly

I had been on 5mg daily of prednisone ... I had to go to 25 mg of prednisone for ... several days and then tapered to 15mg ... symptoms are more characteristic of PMR ... So I went back to 20 mg of prednisone

I did a "prednisone burst" many ... for other conditions unrelated to PMR ... However, going back to 14 mg of prednisone ... Approximate Prednisone Dose Ranges: ... dose is tapered down to less than 10