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"Extreme fatigue" is one of the primary symptoms of adrenal insufficiency. Autoimmune disorders like PMR also...
It is why we are instructed to taper ... off prednisone slowly in the first ... dose won't get you off prednisone ... adrenal function and make it harder to taper ... off.
Posted: Oct 6, 2023
Yes, I am confident that I developed PMR about 10 days after my 3rd Covid-19 (Moderna)...
barely reach down to pick up something off ... He started me on 20mg of prednisone ... with a tapering dose for the next few ... down the prednisone to my current does ... off the prednisone, but we will see
Posted: Oct 4, 2023
I was diagnosed in January of this year. After being off prednisone for 5 weeks yesterday....
After being off prednisone for 5 weeks ... I am now back on prednisone for a 14 ... week taper to Kezvara starting with ... Went home and started back on prednisone ... You love and hate prednisone at the
Posted: Oct 4, 2023
I was on higher dose of Predisone but with not much improvement. My Rheumatologist thinks I...
I was on higher dose of Predisone but ... I am worried about tapering off, but ... on this forum have experienced from Predisone
I also was playing pickleball (crippleball). My PMR started in December with a hamstring charley horse...
Started 20mg prednisone right then, ... not because I'm having trouble tapering ... clinic and got low dose naltrexone, tapering ... this as my new PCP is so scared of prednisone ... which took 8 months and he blew me off
Hi @jennywren, GCA can cause stroke or blindness if untreated and a higher dosage of prednisone...
if untreated and a higher dosage of prednisone ... , tapering down by 5 mg every two weeks ... As the dosage of prednisone reduced, ... I tapered down a couple of mg every ... I've been off prednisone for nearly
Posted: Sep 21, 2023
@redboat Have you ever been diagnosed with anything more specific or is it still "presumptive" PMR...
adrenal insufficiency before I could taper ... off prednisone. ... Getting off prednisone was a true miracle ... After I got off prednisone while still ... down quickly on Humira but when I tapered
I was never diagnosed with GCA but Actemra was offered to me almost 5 years ago...
except it was impossible for me to taper ... off prednisone. ... After Actemra was started, I was off ... I have been completely off prednisone ... You probably won't be able to be off
Posted: Sep 6, 2023
I'm sorry you have an autoimmune condition. I was diagnosed with PMR at the age of...
It is the reason why we are told to taper ... off slowly. ... is no easy fix except for trying to taper ... off prednisone slowly.
I was diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis in 2020 with a biopsy near my temple. I...
I started with 40 mg of Prednisone and ... tapered off during 6 or 7 months and ... Considering going on Prednisone again ... for watching my calorie intake with Prednisone
Hi @joan7, I had a temporal artery biopsy done on my right side - since that's...
was positive - I was put on 40 mg of prednisone ... , tapering down 5mg every two weeks. ... me for a Dexa scan, I guess because prednisone ... Prednisone took care of the GCA and ... I' ve been off it for 10 months.
Welcome @limbmaker, It sounds like you could be tapering a little too much too fast. When...
comes to PMR, no one likes to take prednisone ... twice, both times I started at 20 mg prednisone ... off, the second time took me 1-1/2 ... years to taper off. ... pain when I woke up and my dose of prednisone
Hello all, new to PMR and finding this Connect site very helpful. I'm a 63 yo...
but not horrible and kept putting off ... #34; at 20mg and the need to start tapering ... diagnosed quickly - Looking forward to tapering ... Some great threads on tapering on this ... better than the pain, as long as I can taper
I was down to 3 mg and told to stay on that dose for an extended...
would do 3 - 2 - 1 - zero countdown tapers ... I told her about the count down tapers ... tried for uveitis but I couldn't taper ... off prednisone. ... injections instead of very 2 weeks, I tapered
Hi @dadcue, I struggled my first time around with PMR and had a good discussion with...
off of prednisone one of whom rung ... me when he said he had been on 1mg prednisone ... off. ... mg and 1/2 mg until I was able to taper ... off 6 months later with little to no
"The most common adverse reactions (incidence of at least 5%): upper respiratory tract infections, nasopharyngitis, headache,...
said a fatty liver from long term prednisone ... Actemra allowed me to taper off prednisone ... My side effects from long term prednisone ... rheumatologist thinks I'm better off