Welcome @sandysomers, My PMR is in remission ... I only took prednisone for my two occurrences ... of PMR but from what I have read medrol ... methylprednisolone is a little stronger than prednisone ... a great tool to help when you are tapering

How long did it take for your PMR to ... Initially I was started on 20mg of Prednisone ... have not been able to stick to the taper ... The PMR halted my activity for about

those of you that are suffering from PMR ... This is whats going on: I have had PMR ... use to be when I was on 60 mgs of Prednisone ... half hour my tongue is dry like sand paper ... o Does Prednisone cause internal inflammation

replacement while taking 2 mg. of predisone ... I had a very mild case of PMR to begin ... It took me about a year to taper off

I was on daily prednisone for 12 years ... unable to taper off prednisone and ... constant pain so I chose Actemra and tapered ... again and taper off quickly again. ... a fast taper always worked for past

of prednisone. ... He said I was likely "prednisone ... My dose was increased to 48MG and I tapered ... pretty well on 8MG and started to taper ... Unsuccessfully tapered from 8mg to 6mg

PMR has been a real pain to manage for ... I have tried 4 times to taper and got ... I am now down to .5 mg of prednisone ... new exercise) I "bump" my prednisone

sad that autoimmune disorders like PMR ... PMR might be different because people ... largely want prednisone because of ... They don't care when prednisone ... last criteria was an inability to taper

He's been on Prednisone since May ... 2023 but had tapered down to 12.5 mg ... from 30 mg for PMR. ... weight loss is common with untreated PMR ... We've only dealt with PMR until

to be adjusted to P30 to tame the PMR ... I started tapering after 30 days at ... therefore continue the 1mg monthly taper ... main one being that it might make tapering ... , returning pain is not always PMR,

some of you can continue even with PMR ... flaring and on prednisone. ... When PMR and GCA hit me hard in October ... I'm having issues with the prednisone ... now with lack of sleep and unable to taper

symptoms when I tapered from 10 mg ... down to 9 mg of prednisone. ... flare would have been worse, or the prednisone ... tapering more difficult, if I wasn& ... Unfortunately, prednisone seems to be

Prednisone was my only relief!! ... It has allowed me to taper to 4 mg and ... I am hopeful I can continue to taper ... It was my 2nd anniversary with PMR this

cholesterol which is similar to what Prednisone ... The idea is to keep your PMR from flaring ... back up due to the prednisone taper ... take it forever to get off the the prednisone

My problem with PMR when it was active ... is that without prednisone there was ... So prednisone was my miracle relief ... So when I was able to start tapering

I've been on prednisone for PMR ... I could not get below 8 mg prednisone ... I dropped fairly easily to 5 mg prednisone ... The side effects of methotrexate tapered ... flare-up and had to increase to 6.5 prednisone

rheumatologists want to happen to PMR ... time --- usually 2 years or less for PMR ... tocilizumab) because I was unable to taper ... off prednisone for 12 years after PMR ... I usually flared whenever I tapered

way to know if anyone is having a PMR ... hurt just as much if not more than PMR ... I'm still being treated for PMR ... happened in spite of my best attempts to taper ... Tapering off Prednisone was much more

my case the sooner you can get off prednisone ... cortisol wall it can easily restart the PMR ... When I tapered my research into this ... My taper wall was 5 mg. ... pituitary is trying to restart and your PMR

In my opinion the treatment with prednisone ... I fully anticipated another tapering ... After tapering by 1 mg per month, I ... was an "off switch" as far a PMR ... off prednisone.