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Hello @kharquail, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect and thank you for helping your father. Not sure...
Prednisone does seem to be the drug ... Both were treated starting with 20 mg prednisone ... and instructions to taper off when ... off of prednisone. ... off.
Discussion: PMR Relapse
Posted: Jun 21, 2020
Hi Bill @charlie333, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I think all of us that have had...
PMR can understand wanting to get off ... but it took me a year and a half to taper ... off of prednisone. ... earlier and took me 3-1/2 years to taper ... off of prednisone.
@steelbh - I have moved your post here to this discussion @johnbishop recommended so that you...
I have been on prednisone before for ... some thoughts from their previous tapers ... off of prednisone. ... I always just followed a taper plan ... doctor suggested a schedule for the taper
Thanks for your reply. Very interesting how slowly you tapered off towards the end. From 60...
Very interesting how slowly you tapered ... off towards the end. ... 20 mg for 4 weeks: then the gradual taper ... the "bad" side effects of Prednisone
Hi @virginiaj, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Your story is similar to mine except I had...
It took me 3 years to taper off off ... prednisone. ... dose until I was finally able to be off ... of prednisone. ... off of prednisone which was almost
Hello, new to these posts, groups and all of this information. I have had atopic dermatitis...
doctors gave me overdose amounts of prednisone ... eating everything, it took weeks to taper ... off the prednisone but and so glad ... I am off of it.
Posted: Sep 9, 2019
Hello! Well, after almost a year of trying to manage the edema caused by the gamma...
function on many levels due to edema, predniosne ... misery as she had great difficulty tapering ... off as the edema issues would always
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Jul 28, 2019
that is amazing., seems you can't win. I am done to 4mg of prednisone just over...
I am done to 4mg of prednisone just ... the pain remains manageable so I can taper ... right off of prednisone as yes, it
Thanks John, Very sorry I miss quoted my Doc and she did not say " because...
I have slowly tapered over the last ... on 1mg every other day and will go off ... Prednisone soon. ... I realize may have to go back on prednisone
I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago. Started on 15mg of prednisone then gradually tapering...
Started on 15mg of prednisone then gradually ... tapering off to 5mg by December. ... as I don’t seem to be able to get off ... prednisone and this is a way of doing ... 3 months then will start reducing prednisone
Posted: Mar 18, 2019
@colleenyoung thank you for the MG link. I will take a look. My dad is losing...
Prednisone 60 mg PO and IVIG every 3 ... The prednisone ( for MG) is exacerbating ... We are tapering 5 mg q2weeks so is going ... to take awhile for him to get off it
Support Group: Cancer
Posted: Mar 14, 2019
Hi ...I was diagnosed with sarcoid in 2004 and had to have a heart transplant in...
I started on prednisone and methotrexate ... effective combination for me - was taken off ... I was on 45 mgs of prednisone a day ... for over a year and tapered off very ... I was off of all meds in 2016 when I
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Mar 12, 2019
I use a nebulizer 4 times a day regularly and up it to 6 when I...
🤗 Being on prednisone helps ... I do a taper dose starting at 45 mg ... and taper off over about 3 weeks.
Support Group: Lung Health
Posted: Mar 11, 2019
Hi @ambershe, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I also have polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) but it is...
, all of the while I was trying to taper ... off. ... My rheumatologist helped me with a tapering ... talks about white blood count and prednisone ... Prednisone-induced leukocytosis.