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@dreamer38 I’m so sorry, I guess I misled you. I have a brain lesion, not PMR,...
I have a brain lesion, not PMR, but ... tapering the prednisone can be the same ... The prednisone just adds to our misery
Hello Everyone. I live in Perth, Western Australia. I have posted on here before but not...
I was diagnosed with PMR in December ... last year, and put on 20mg of prednisone ... I have been tapering ever since, ran
Regarding diagnostic blood tests: Does anyone know of PMR being diagnosed with 3x's normal C-reactive protein...
blood tests: Does anyone know of PMR ... In February I started 15 mg prednisone ... just above normal, Dr now questions PMR ... diagnosis and insists I continue to taper ... studies at PubMed that say 1-4% of PMR
I am new to this group ! I have been looking for other PMR suffers for...
I have been looking for other PMR suffers ... On Prednisone for one and half years ... Last year I managed to taper to 3mg ... Went back to 20mg but quickly tapered ... When I try to taper more, I just feel
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: May 17, 2019
I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago. Started on 15mg of prednisone then gradually tapering...
I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago. ... Started on 15mg of prednisone then gradually ... tapering off to 5mg by December. ... I don’t seem to be able to get off prednisone ... 3 months then will start reducing prednisone
Posted: Mar 18, 2019
Hi @ambershe, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I also have polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) but it is...
also have polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... , all of the while I was trying to taper ... This last occurrence of PMR I had I ... talks about white blood count and prednisone ... Prednisone-induced leukocytosis.
Hi Carley, I am truly sorry to hear about your pain…. My diagnosis was basically the...
everything else out and the 20 mg dose of Prednisone ... relieved the pain and symptoms of PMR ... not a doctor, but the dosage of your prednisone ... up 1 mg for the month and start the taper ... It’s a long process to taper and get
Hello @rachelp, welcome to Connect. I have had 2 occurrences of PMR. The first lasted 3...
I have had 2 occurrences of PMR. ... years at which time I was able to taper ... off of prednisone. ... a year and half and I was able to taper ... off prednisone this past February.
Posted: Nov 10, 2018
Hi @evelyn123, welcome to Connect. I also have PMR but it is currently in remission. It's...
I also have PMR but it is currently ... I have had 2 occurances of PMR. ... off of prednisone. ... off of prednisone. ... plan to help you taper off of prednisone
Hello @paulamhp -- Welcome to Connect. I also have PMR but it's now in remission. I...
I also have PMR but it's now in ... matter of increasing the dosage by 1 mg prednisone ... I've had 2 occurrences of PMR and ... when tapering off of prednisone both ... that really helped me come up with a tapering
@beryl -- I don't think the Rheumatologist knows if it will even go into remission. I...
medical expert, just a patient who has PMR ... in 2007 and started on 20 mg prednisone ... year but it took me three years to taper ... off of prednisone and the PMR went ... came back in 2016 and I was able to taper
Hi Dee @danielad, reading your post sounds like I have a lot in common with your...
episodes of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... in 2007 and I was finally able to taper ... off of prednisone in 2010. ... This time I was able to taper off in ... for PMR.
Hello @helpmegetoffmeds -- I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with Lisa's (@lisalucier)...
but I am working on tapering off of ... prednisone for the second time for ... round with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... That worked my first round with PMR ... It was on prednisone for 3 years and
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Posted: Feb 12, 2018
Hello @helpforpmr, welcome to Mayo Connect. We are glad you found us. Connect is a good...
but there are a lot of us here with PMR ... When I finally was able to taper off ... of prednisone in 2010 without the pain ... I had to go back on 20 mg dose of prednisone ... now at 2 mg and hoping to be off of prednisone
Hi Sally @sallygosse, welcome to Mayo Connect. I am currently in my second episode of PMR....
currently in my second episode of PMR ... but they did come back if I tried to taper ... the first time and the PMR went into ... Did your doctor give you a tapering ... different and reacts different to tapering
Hello Denise (@denisechochran) -- welcome to Mayo Connect. We're glad you found us. I'm sorry you...
deal with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... I also have PMR and the first episode ... I was close to your age and was on prednisone ... I was gradually able to taper the dosage ... and then discuss with them a plan to taper
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Jan 7, 2018
Hello Barbararene’ (@barbararene), I'm sorry you are in pain and feeling a little down. I'm having...
I'm having my struggles tapering off ... of prednisone and know the pain in ... I am taking prednisone for my polymyalgia ... rheumatica (PMR) and I believe it controls ... If you have the 1 mg prednisone tablets
Posted: Sep 8, 2017
Hello Barbararene, sorry you are in so much pain. I've got no medical training or background...
or background but I'm pretty sure PMR ... My first time with PMR lasted 3 years ... and going through the tapering off ... off of the prednisone (one from the ... below 10 mg prednisone dosage.
Posted: Aug 11, 2017
Hello @kgoodwin9, thank you for sharing your story. For a lot of us prednisone is the...
For a lot of us prednisone is the magic ... occurrence of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... ) it took me 3 years to taper off of ... I'm guessing the prednisone is reducing
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 8, 2017
I there a reason your doctor has you skip a day? Is it part of his...
Is it part of his taper off schedule ... but everyone I know who have taken prednisone ... past have never skipped a day while tapering ... Unfortunately it may take 1-5 years for PMR ... told me he has had some patients on prednisone