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About tapering: I am now down to 12.5mg, having started at 20, then 30, then 25,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/889807/
About tapering: I am now down to 12.5mg ... When I got to 20 (weekly tapering) I ... began a 2.5 taper per week. ... math it will take me 10 months to get off ... take a very low maintenance dose of prednisone
This is very important information! Many types of autoimmune flares respond with a burst of high...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/886138/
respond with a burst of high dose of prednisone ... followed by a fast taper. ... PMR doesn't mean that long term prednisone ... I would say the longer you take prednisone ... , slowly tapering off prednisone is
I think infections caused flares of something although I don't think the flares were always a...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/880634/
Prednisone would relieve these painful ... I tapered off prednisone in a one or ... control the pain but I never could taper ... off prednisone for 12 years after that ... A biologic allowed me to taper off prednisone
I was able to taper off my low dose of prednisone (started at 10 mg) within...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/880379/
I was able to taper off my low dose ... of prednisone (started at 10 mg) within ... I have been slowly tapering off of 2
Hi all, I just stumbled on this community while searching for an ENT specializing in AIED....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/878646/
my left ear recovered quickly from prednisone ... then, I’ve been on various doses of prednisone ... up to 60 mg, coming off of it only ... for 3 weeks, 30 currently and still tapering ... As far as prednisone, I can empathize
Hi Cynthia, I too am newly diagnosed (May 8). Rheumatologist started me on 20 mg of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/875305/
Rheumatologist started me on 20 mg of prednisone ... upped dosage to 30mg for a week then tapered ... will want to continue the taper. ... understand the need to reduce/get off ... of prednisone with minimum issues.
Hi Cynthia @juju1, Welcome to Connect. You are not alone with not wishing PMR on anyone....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873780/
coming back when you reduce to 6 mg prednisone ... starting dose, it may be that you are tapering ... I started at 20 mg prednisone and the ... time it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off.
If you see Dr Stone tell him that someone in Iowa said thank-you. The GiACTA study...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/872436/
After failing for 12 years to taper ... off prednisone, I was able to taper ... off in less than a year after Actemra ... I have been off prednisone for 2 years ... thinks Actemra is better than long term prednisone
It is sad there aren't more treatment options for PMR/GCA. I was told many times that...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/868925/
I was told many times that prednisone ... the "best option." I took prednisone ... Actemra worked for me and I was able to taper ... off prednisone in a year. ... rheumatologist thinks I'm better off
My PMR started in the summer of 2019. My doc didn't diagnose it, only treating me...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859529/
started on the usual dose of 15mg of Prednisone ... Sadly, I was told to taper far too quickly ... So up I went to 40mg and have been tapering ... My rheumy wants me off Pred asap. ... I'm currently only tapering by 0.5mg
My rheumatologist seemed to feel that Kevzara and Actemra were similar and that it did not...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858933/
did not matter which was used as I taper ... off Prednisone. ... Kevzara side effects are far less than Prednisone ... so likely tolerated far better than Prednisone
Hello everyone, I'm new on this forum and have yet to try LDN. I'm hoping my...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/856956/
will prescribe it to enable me to taper ... more quickly off Prednisone. ... my Pred to 40mg where I've been tapering
Hi Annsheehan, Mine almost exactly the same, with the one exception my pain started immediately after...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/856404/
Prednisone is making a huge difference ... states that it will be 2 years on Prednisone ... with tapering, with possibility of ... Mistakenly the first specialist took me off
I go to a rheumatologist. This Mayo support group has really helped me taper. I purposely...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/854795/
support group has really helped me taper ... I have finally got off prednisone after ... Do not rush a taper.
PMR was diagnosed 15 years ago ... long before Covid was a thing. I can't remember...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/853995/
followed by a fast taper. ... She let me decide what dose of prednisone ... I started at 40 mg but was able to taper ... I have been off prednisone for 3 years ... in spite of taking prednisone for 12
@liztbnr Oh, gracious, I can’t believe that you are unable to find a doctor! That’s terrible!...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/852752/
rarediseases.info.nih.gov/contact/
And you’ve been on prednisone ... A good doctor will help you taper off ... the prednisone and get you on a safe ... an immunosuppressant, and lo dose prednisone
My primary care provider (she is an internist) said "that sounds like PMR", right off the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851742/
#34;that sounds like PMR", right off ... then (all normal) and began 20 mg. of prednisone ... Then while working through a taper and
Yes, I am seeing a rheumatologist. He is much informed and experienced than my PCP in...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851287/
rheumatologist's care, due to improper Prednisone ... is very reassuring especially as my Prednisone ... dosage changes weekly as I taper off
My PMR started soon after my second COVID Pfizer vaccination back in 2021 and was limited...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/850761/
I was able to wean off of my low dose ... of Prednisone in October of 2022, but ... for a couple of months and slowly tapering ... off at .5 mg/month.
My rheumatologist says I have PMR with "presumed" GCA. I was diagnosed in Feb 2023, and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/849687/
originally was given 20 mg//day of Prednisone ... treated with weekly shots of Actemra and tapering ... off Prednisone. ... to 10 mg in June, then completely off ... of Prednisone in October.
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