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

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

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

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.

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.

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

on. 5mg of medrol would be 20mg of prednisone ... With so many things going on tapering ... off medrol is going to be a slow process ... slow the PMR restart created by the taper

I was on Prednisone for over a year ... 20 mg) and did not tolerate getting off ... So my doc started to taper before I

I wasn't able to taper off prednisone ... I tapered my prednisone dose by 1 mg ... figured a flare was inevitable so I tapered ... rheumatologist said I shouldn't taper ... time was a breeze and now I have been off

Am currently tapering off prednisone ... Hoping the prednisone taper down doesn

Anyone have discomfort or pain when tapering ... off prednisone? ... discussion/discomfort-or-pain-when-tapering ... members' experiences with pain after tapering ... off prednisone and how they coped.

Prednisone down to 8 mg. ... Using moist heat has backed everything off ... direct result of not having that and tapering

High dose Prednisone followed by a fast ... taper resulted in remission each time ... Unlike PMR, when I could never taper ... off Prednisone until a biologic called

He was on 30 mg for PMR, tapered to ... then had three 1200 mg infusions of prednisone ... He’s tapered to 30 mg now with weekly ... caused by steroids can improve once off

28% of the group taking Kevzara were off ... prednisone in a year versus 10% for ... Copy/paste should get you to the paper

dealing with having PMR; I was on prednisone ... Took myself off by tapering down for

flare of uveitis almost as soon as I tapered ... off Prednisone the first time. ... I tried to taper off after the uveitis ... restarted, it only took me a month to taper ... off Prednisone the second time.

My rheumatogist says that prednisone ... I believe my tapering schedule will ... normal” and going up as I have been tapering ... I am not optimistic about getting off ... prednisone anytime soon.

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.

I am being tapered from 20 mg, then ... Being on prednisone is like being on ... able to wear them again once I'm off ... the prednisone ( I hope I'll be ... off it at some point).