I have tried 4 times to taper and got ... I am now down to .5 mg of prednisone ... and hopeful that I can get off entirely ... new exercise) I "bump" my prednisone

accounts of people who had transitioned off ... prednisone. ... give encouragement to those who are tapering—that

Shannonjp and others I was on the prednisone ... I just finished tapering and have been ... off it for about 3 weeks. ... osteoporosis and was reluctant to take the prednisone ... and anxious to get off it as well.

Actemra worked for me and I was able to taper ... off prednisone.

replacement while taking 2 mg. of predisone ... It took me about a year to taper off

In one year, I was off prednisone and ... off prednisone and got stuck on 15 ... off prednisone in a few months the ... again and taper off quickly again. ... a fast taper always worked for past

newly diagnosed in July and began prednisone ... I did not start tapering until November ... in April so I hope to be completely off ... prednisone. ... My dr kept me at a taper rate of small

considered "experimental" or "off ... last criteria was an inability to taper ... off prednisone and Actemra represented ... my best chance of ever getting off ... prednisone.

sure I would cold turkey stop taking prednisone ... It can be difficult to taper off. ... came back again and I was able to taper ... off in 1 and half years.

unpredictable though usually manageable with prednisone ... I felt I had some control over prednisone ... try DHEA otc low dose with very slow taper ... off steroids.

I've been on various levels of Prednisone ... prescribe hydroxychloroquine with the Prednisone ... I understand it can help us to taper ... off the Prednisone more quickly and

I only took prednisone for my two occurrences ... methylprednisolone is a little stronger than prednisone ... a great tool to help when you are tapering ... off of steroids.

My husbands treatment was Prednisone ... which was tapered down by 10mg eac ... He had to go off the mycophenolate because ... He continued on the Prednisone taper ... for about 8 months then was off.

Started on Prednisone started tapering ... down but took me two years to get off ... Hated the prednisone but it was the

Going off prednisone without properly ... tapering down (titrating) can cause ... about the proper actions while taking prednisone ... , when to taper down, when to hold at

I was just happy to get the prednisone ... When I couldn't taper off prednisone ... Starting out with 40 mg of prednisone

continue even with PMR flaring and on prednisone ... I'm having issues with the prednisone ... now with lack of sleep and unable to taper ... off yet.

It is better to taper off prednisone ... Early treatment with prednisone at a ... high dose followed by a fast taper ... Prednisone was restricted and I didn ... actually wanted me to be completely off

No actemra and no prednisone. ... I had tapered very slowly off prednisone

My rheumatologist had me taper down ... At the lower dosages of prednisone, ... 10 mg, I tapered down by 1 mg every ... I was on prednisone about 17 months ... and have been off it for 14 months with