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As we all know, one person's experience is just that. So the following is just for...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/780898/
probably struggle with knowing that Prednisone ... Began Prednisone taper in August, 2020 ... and today I finished a 6 day Pred taper
Discussion: Prednisone and Pain
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 4, 2022
I just tapered my prednisone dose from 9 mg to 8.5 mg. Previously, when I tapered...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/780022/
I just tapered my prednisone dose from ... Previously, when I tapered by 1 mg. ... Now I am tapering by .5 for 15 days
Discussion: Tapering
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 2, 2022
Hello @chickpea44, Welcome to Connect. It's great to hear your PMR is under control and methotrexate...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/772312/
PMR will go into remission as you taper ... off of prednisone and MTX. ... daily pain log and the amount of my prednisone ... dose while I was tapering. ... Did your rheumatologist give you a tapering
Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 12, 2022
In my last flare up I had swollen & painful hands. My markers were sky high....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/771686/
Starting to taper prednisone to 10mg ... calcium tabs at same dosage time as prednisone
Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 10, 2022
I think I have a very unusual presentation of PMR and have often wondered if I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/771157/
went to see a Rheumatologist who Rx prednisone ... Within 6 hours of taking prednisone, ... I tapered off P and all was fine for
Discussion: Do I really have PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 9, 2022
I have been dealing with PMR for 2 1/2 years. Tapered off Prednisone and got a...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/767199/
Tapered off Prednisone and got a flare ... She clearly wants me off the Prednisone ... I will probably taper slowly off the
Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 30, 2022
This seems like a high initial dose and a very fast taper to me. I have...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/765352/
high initial dose and a very fast taper ... My taper was: 20 for 3 weeks, 15 for ... rheumatologist thinks I have been on prednisone ... self-monitoring for side effects of prednisone ... have valid reasons to get you off prednisone
Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 25, 2022
Hi @marieameehan, I started taking prednisone mid-May of 2021 for PMR and GCA, 40 mg. I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/765001/
Hi @marieameehan, I started taking prednisone ... was diagnosed after I started the prednisone ... most doctors want their patients to taper
Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 24, 2022
My PMR (Sept 2019) began in my hands and wrists, then shoulders and neck. My physician...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/761604/
Stayed there 3 months; first taper to ... I tapered with no problem to zero in ... I’ve been tapering very slowly since ... I really want to get off prednisone,
Discussion: What's a good anti inflamation drug (not prednisone) for PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 15, 2022
I feel your pain literally. I am off Prednisone after 3 years. I'm going to see...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/759020/
I am off Prednisone after 3 years. ... think I need to go back on 5mg of Prednisone ... having pain on 15mg, unless you are tapering ... Prednisone can aggravate osteoporosis
Discussion: Increasing unrelenting pain - PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 9, 2022
@keetaboy I was pain free when I started at 15 mgs., but some people require 25...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/756182/
, if you're not getting enough prednisone ... We all want off prednisone but you can ... normal so that doesn't help with tapering
Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 2, 2022