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I have been on Actemra for 6 years and have done Actemra infusions for the last...
off Prednisone. ... and never being able to taper off. ... off Prednisone after Actemra was started ... off Prednisone. ... Unfortunately, being off Prednisone
Discussion: Actemra Infusions
Posted: May 31 10:40pm
@andreamayo It is so true that everyone with osteoporosis is in their own phase of it...
osteoporosis from taking high doses of prednisone ... He's continuing to taper down on ... the prednisone with the hopes of being ... off it in the next six months or sooner ... That's why he's on prednisone
Posted: Jul 12, 2024
The pins and needles started for me after six treatments of Keytruda. My immune system attacked...
That fixed it, but 80 mg of prednisone ... past two years, I've been slowly tapering ... off and am down to 4 mg. ... day and 5 mg the next, and a slower taper ... always have to take a small dose of prednisone
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 25 1:33pm
@susanew, My PMR has been in remission now for about a little over 6 years but...
time it took me 3 and half years to taper ... second time with PMR 6 years after tapering ... off the first time was much easier ... of prednisone. ... symptom/pain level log along with your prednisone
Posted: Aug 8, 2024
I have extreme, unbearable sweating with activity, not related to tapering. I have been on Prednisone...
sweating with activity, not related to tapering ... I have been on Prednisone for only 2 ... Prednisone wore off at 2-3 am causing ... I do not like prednisone and want off ... places, like skin peeling, scraped off
Posted: Sep 15, 2023
Sadly ... we are told to take prednisone for more than a year for PMR. Then...
and over again when we attempt to taper ... off prednisone as fast as possible ... Sometimes that slow of a taper is all ... She said I didn't need to taper ... experience and how I managed to get off
Actemra (tocilizumab) works for me. It was still a slow breakup process with Prednisone. My first...
still a slow breakup process with Prednisone ... My first breakup with Prednisone took ... I tapered off Prednisone quickly the ... I haven't needed to go back on Prednisone ... I have now been free of Prednisone for
Posted: Feb 7 6:14am
I think its great that you concerned about long term use. Most are just glad to...
feeling alive again after starting prednisone ... Then started to taper. ... I was off prednisone in 6 months. ... If you can treat PMR and prednisone ... Nothing like prednisone.
Discussion: Kevzara
Posted: Feb 14 7:20pm
I am so so sorry you and /have to go through all that! Out of the...
two months after my husband finally tapered ... off; out of the blue, I’m now going ... of fate now I am on high doses of prednisone ... loved ones know my 10 commandments of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 16 2:43pm
There are various ways to taper Prednisone by doing an alternating dose reduction. I don't know...
There are various ways to taper Prednisone ... https://www.verywellhealth.com/does-prednisone-tapering-minimize-withdrawal ... When I was ready to get off Prednisone ... but now I'm very happy to be off ... Getting off all my blood pressure medication
@janegm @balagan111 @fiesty76 Good morning! I’m in the process of tapering off steroids. I’m now at...
I’m in the process of tapering off steroids ... on rituxan) Has anyone totally come off ... prednisone?
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 21, 2020
I have been on Humira injections biweekly and 10 MGM Prednisone a day for a number...
Humira injections biweekly and 10 MGM Prednisone ... Am tapering off Prednisone and am down ... about a week ago and it is a slow taper ... Been tapering since November.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 26 10:16am
Greetings to someone with this unusual disease. I was diagnosed with Autoimmune Hepatitis in 1996; at...
initially included aziathropine (sp) and prednisone ... ...tapered off over three months. ... Non Hodgkin's lymphoma and taken off
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 3 9:47am
I've had to tinker and tweak the tapering ever since I dropped below 10 mg. And...
#39;ve had to tinker and tweak the tapering ... who is a rabid dog about getting me off ... Prednisone as long as I can function
Discussion: Kevzara
Posted: Feb 22 7:54am
Actemra has helped me tremendously. It was still a rocky road to finally taper myself completely...
was still a rocky road to finally taper ... myself completely off Prednisone. ... Depending on how long you have been on Prednisone ... able to stay on a low enough of a Prednisone ... I had to stay on 3 mg or less of Prednisone
Discussion: Kevzara
Posted: Feb 22 6:05pm
WAY TOO FAST!!! Need a new doctor. Is this per a Rheumatologist? Through my experience, it...
my experience, it was a pretty fast taper ... mg they had to reduce the amount of tapering ... over a year but I am now successfully off ... Prednisone for 5 months now.
Posted: Feb 23 10:41pm
The following link says the following: "A patient may notice a decrease in symptoms as soon...
I was on 10 mg of prednisone when Actemra ... and didn't need to increase my prednisone ... that it was safe to take 5 mg of prednisone ... off prednisone so quickly. ... My prednisone dose hovered around 3