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Kevzara wasn't available for PMR when my rheumatologist wanted me to try a biologic for "refractory...
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
Posted: Feb 21 8:36am
Hello! I've been gaining so much information and insight from this group and I'm so grateful....
know if anyone has been able to get off ... suspected PMR and prescribed 20MG of prednisone ... He said I was likely "prednisone ... Unsuccessfully tapered from 8mg to 6mg ... and see if I could get completely off
Posted: Mar 14 6:24pm
PMR has been a real pain to manage for me. I started at 20 mg pred....
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
Posted: Mar 6 9:20am
Yes ... I think that is true. https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/treatment-plan/disease-management/the-first-medications-for-psa "Biologic DMARDs are used if your PsA wasn’t...
considered "experimental" or "off ... last criteria was an inability to taper ... off prednisone and Actemra represented ... my best chance of ever getting off ... prednisone.
Posted: Feb 5 9:32pm
To dj13: Your timeline, dosages, and remaining symptoms closely mimic my own experiences, including playing soccer...
I started tapering after 30 days at ... The goal is therefore to get off the ... prednisone as quickly and safely as ... therefore continue the 1mg monthly taper ... main one being that it might make tapering
Posted: Mar 18 3:37pm
@cpd54, @johnbishop, and all...I'm amazed at the activities some of you can continue even with PMR...
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.
Posted: Dec 20, 2023
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 2:06pm
My problem with PMR when it was active is that without prednisone there was no relief....
when it was active is that without prednisone ... So prednisone was my miracle relief ... So when I was able to start tapering ... off, I did as quickly as possible even
Posted: May 12, 2021
I'm in a similar situation. I've been on prednisone for PMR since August 2021. I could...
I've been on prednisone for PMR ... I could not get below 8 mg prednisone ... The side effects of methotrexate tapered ... off over time but liver enzymes have ... been elevated off and on.
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.
Posted: Jun 19 9:38am
I think trusting your own instincts is the best you can do. I don't think there...
I also know prednisone will relieve ... me to say this now because I'm off ... happened in spite of my best attempts to taper ... slowly off prednisone. ... Tapering off Prednisone was much more
Posted: Jun 13 9:37pm
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 11:44am
@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 4:49pm
I don't think you failed and don't let the flare crush you! I understand your feeling...
In my opinion the treatment with prednisone ... I fully anticipated another tapering ... After tapering by 1 mg per month, I ... started believing that there was an "off ... off prednisone.
Posted: Apr 10 9:59am
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 1:14pm
When you ask ‘limit in treatment’ are you referring to how many times they put me...
referring to how many times they put me on prednisone ... crossed that the way my pulmonologist is tapering ... me off by 1mg every month and adding ... Before I was tapering down every week
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Posted: Apr 23 1:38pm