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I was diagnosed with PMR in Jan 2022; started on 20 mg, and went on a...
2022; started on 20 mg, and went on a taper ... back up to 10 mg and started a new taper ... you stay on it indefiniely or is it tapered ... off ideally as well? ... Methotrexate worse than long -term Prednisone
Posted: Oct 18, 2022
Hello @naezzo, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear the COVID vaccine caused your PMR. Since you...
doctor/rheumatologist suggested a tapering ... schedule to hopefully taper off of ... the prednisone when your pain decreases
The one thing I learned from my rheumy was that you have to listen to your...
listen to your body when you start tapering ... , slow and easy wins the race when tapering ... Took me 3 and half years to taper off ... I was finally able to stop taking prednisone
Posted: Aug 17, 2022
Hi Mary @mary4, You are doing great! If you have been OK with .5 for a...
with .5 for a month, you have been tapering ... slowly and stopping prednisone at .5 ... until I could finally stop taking prednisone ... 3 and half years by the time I was off ... prednsione the first time.
Posted: Jan 13, 2023
How did you feel about PMR being treated with prednisone? I still struggle with that issue...
off prednisone and I tried many different ... I tried to taper off but there was no ... A year later, I was off prednisone. ... As soon as I got off prednisone the ... I tapered prednisone from 15 mg to zero
Morning I have been on prednisone for about 3 years ranging in doses from 15 to...
Morning I have been on prednisone for ... I have been tapering for the last 18mths ... off the 35mg i was on that for 6mths ... so tapering has been challenging but ... to do it by using liquid pediatric prednisone
Posted: Jan 21, 2023
@nimalw, I think that you had a kidney transplant. And so I want to jump in...
I also was prescribed prednisone along ... The prednisone dosage was gradually ... hearing so many negative comments about prednisone ... evaluation, I was told that I could taper ... off the prednisone because of some
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Jan 24, 2022
Hi @annettetompkins that is a true horror story! I'm sorry that your doctor was so blase....
My inflammation markers were off the ... What I've read, prednisone has to ... be tapered slowly, as it takes over ... month to monitor inflammation as I taper ... the prednisone.
Hello Teri, thank you for your comments. I got off to an awful start just getting...
I got off to an awful start just getting ... Prednisone. ... diagnose me right away, prescribed Prednisone ... the practice who is now trying to taper
One of the worst aspects of PMR, for me, is that the treatment (prednisone) works but...
PMR, for me, is that the treatment (prednisone ... there is all this pressure to get off ... , which might allow me to taper to a ... the face of all the pressure to get off ... prednisone.
After getting my PMR under control, my MD suggested a tapering schedule and said to call...
PMR under control, my MD suggested a tapering ... Trying to wean off of the Celebrex. ... dramatically within 1 -2 months of beginning prednisone
Thanks. Right now I am learning my part of the pt. Her blood clot is gone...
Also being taken off prednisone in two ... Tapered from 100 mgs daily to 10, starting ... test and will probably also be taken off
Support Group: Caregivers
Posted: Dec 7, 2021
Hi @oldhen, Actually there is a lot of information out there on Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR). It...
really helpful when I was trying to taper ... off of prednisone was for me to keep ... daily pain log along with how much prednisone ... you up with a schedule to help you taper ... off of prednisone when it's under
@charlena, You will notice we changed your discussion title a little to help let members know...
that your husband is having trouble tapering ... years before I could successfully taper ... off of prednisone. ... off. ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Mar 2, 2022
New Member I am a 70 yr. old male, I was diagnosed with PMR in Feb....
PMR in Feb. 2021 and started 20 mg prednisone ... Doc put me back to 17.5 and then tapered ... My experience with the prednisone is ... 12 hours and then it seems to wear off ... Good luck to you all in tapering ,and
I have some experience with acupuncture. In my first bout of PMR (15 years ago), I...
In the past 3 years, I went on prednisone ... months and felt I decreased and went off ... In the 10 months I was off, I had a ... I have now been on prednisone almost ... a year, down to 5 mg, taking the taper
Hi, @jullieh. I am extending a virtual handshake to welcome you to Mayo Connect. I am...
Like you, I was tapered off the high ... post surgery dose of prednisone in ... I continued to take a daily 10 mg prednisone ... doctor who is nearby helped me with my taper ... I have been off prednisone for probably
I contracted Bell’s Palsy a few months ago after successfully (I thought) tapering off Prednisone over...
ago after successfully (I thought) tapering ... off Prednisone over 20 months. ... Since my BP showed up while off Prednisone ... , and went away with more Prednisone ... at least is manageable with proper Prednisone
Posted: Nov 26, 2020