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I agree completely. Your advice is much better than how I did it or how I...
example that the pain you feel when tapering ... Many confuse this prednisone taper with ... I was determined to get off. ... I understand you can let prednisone
@grateful 76, I also experienced joint pain and body aches when I was tapered off prednisone....
joint pain and body aches when I was tapered ... off prednisone. ... I needed a slower taper, and that helped ... Are your doses of prednisone being reduced
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Aug 13, 2023
Thank you for the very helpful replies to my question about tapering yesterday. Later in the...
helpful replies to my question about tapering ... When I picked up my last lot of Prednisone ... He went off to see the practice nurse
Posted: Jul 8 10:25pm
@sandiw77, Sorry to hear that you are struggling to taper off of prednisone. There is a...
to hear that you are struggling to taper ... off of prednisone. ... There is a tapering plan that has helped ... some taper off of prednisone that you ... nearly stop reduction plan (DSNS - Tapering
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
Hi, njtodctode, If I had to say anything about your tapering history, it would probably be...
If I had to say anything about your tapering ... At two weeks, the prednisone hasn&#39 ... Then, you would start tapering down ... ;s how you eventually get yourself off ... the prednisone.
I’ve been lowering my prednisone and am down to 1 mg. Next week I go “cold...
I’ve been lowering my prednisone and ... I would never have been able to taper ... off without them.
Hi @sandiw77, Welcome to Connect. There are different conditions that can mimic PMR with similar symptoms...
PMR, after taking the first dose of prednisone ... moving around and took the next dose of prednisone ... daily pain log with the amount of prednisone ... ;t taper if my pain scale was above ... off sooner that the first time with
Posted: Jul 30, 2022
I had COVID with mild symptoms in late December and soon after began having symptoms of...
I was given 60 mg of Prednisone in the ... I went home on 30 mg of Prednisone and ... seems to think everyone responds to Prednisone ... I want to get off Prednisone more than ... he wants me to get off.
Posted: Jul 30, 2022
Hi @macferse, I think that may be the proverbial 64 thousand dollar question if you are...
With my two times with PMR and tapering ... down from 20 mg prednisone dosage, ... around and it took me 3-1/2 years to taper ... off. ... off prednisone?
Also have lower disc issues at the moment, sometimes going down my right leg. Yes....my PMR...
I have managed to get from 20mg Prednisone ... Slowly tapering, but felt the difference ... will persevere to see if it levels off ... goal for now and ultimately to be off
Posted: Jul 26, 2022
Thank you for your reply. I often used deep breathing to help me fall asleep. Breathing...
fiber neuropathy, I was prescribeda taporing ... it was frightening and the doctor tapored ... me off of Gabapentin. ... Taporing me off of prednisone and Gabapentin ... myself that my feelings often reflect prednisone
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 24, 2022
Hi @411344076, Welcome to Connect. I've tapered off of prednisone twice for PMR flares but never...
I've tapered off of prednisone twice ... experienced a rash associated with the tapering ... steroids can produce symptoms similar to prednisone ... is a common difference between oral prednisone ... and topical steroids." -- Prednisone
Posted: Jul 24, 2022
Welcome @gailpmr, It sounds like you are doing really well with the tapering. My first time...
you are doing really well with the tapering ... getting from 1 mg to being totally off ... of prednisone. ... until I was finally able to be off ... off.
My PMR symptoms started about 6 years ago. Shoulder pain, neck pain, hip pain, lower back...
I have been on Cymbalta, and Prednisone ... most of this time, tapering down to ... at Duke University, who switched my Prednisone ... Medrol, in hopes that I can try and get off ... with pain, that I’m hesitant to go off
Discussion: PMR and RA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jul 11, 2022
I’ve heard that when you’re on a higher dose of prednisone you can taper with larger...
that when you’re on a higher dose of prednisone ... you can taper with larger numbers. ... to do what my doctor called a “dead taper ... one and a half to two years to get off ... the 10 mg of prednisone I’m currently
Posted: Jun 25, 2022
Hi …I agree that tapering too fast can cause pain. I’ve been on prednisone since last...
Hi …I agree that tapering too fast can ... some trial and error about how to taper ... least a year before I can totally get off ... prednisone at this rate. ... I’m worried about being on prednisone
Posted: Jun 23, 2022