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Hello @barbararene - you are right, PMR is the Frankenstein disease. I've had the old man...
rheumatologist to discuss bumping up the prednisone ... I don't believe prednisone will help ... tingling and not any pain. 4 mg prednisone ... I was able to taper down the dosage ... and get off of the prednisone in 2010
Hello @rinron, when I was first diagnosed with PMR and was put on prednisone for about...
diagnosed with PMR and was put on prednisone ... about 3 years before I was able to taper ... off, my main side effect was weight ... of last year so I was back on 20 mg prednisone ... I have been able to taper down to 10
Hello @barbararene, my first episode of PMR took almost 3 years to get off prednisone. I...
of PMR took almost 3 years to get off ... prednisone. ... started with the 20 mg and started tapering ... a little pain I may be able to get off ... prednisone sooner.
Posted: Mar 28, 2017
@bren2023, Diet and lifestyle changes certainly helped with my second time around with PMR and made...
around with PMR and made it easier to taper ... off of prednisone in a shorter period ... None of us like taking prednisone but ... Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone
I've tapered from 15mg (6 weeks) to 12.5mg (two weeks) daily and realized just yesterday that...
I've tapered from 15mg (6 weeks) ... not even noticing much in the way of Prednisone ... then get the 1mg tablets for a slower tapering ... If so, I may be able to taper off the
New to this site….four months of pain in the the buttocks area and right arm in...
and on March 3rd began with 10 mg of prednisone ... Now we are in July, Tried to taper ... off but left arm is difficult to raise
Hello @marymckeith, It sounds like you may be tapering too fast. I started at 20 mg...
I started at 20 mg prednisone both times ... time it took me 3 and half years to taper ... off. ... need to listen to my body and only taper ... pain when waking up and the amount of prednisone
I'm 79 with "extreme risk" osteoporosis and really didn't want to use prednisone, but the pain...
and really didn't want to use prednisone ... Then I was given 15mg Prednisone, and ... other than morning stiffness, and tapering ... She wants me tapering off as quickly ... larger dose now, you might be done with prednisone
Posted: Jul 30, 2023
thankyou for your reply . Are you better now back to normal? I spent years going...
I spent years going from 8mg of Prednisone ... i decided that had to be it and i tapered ... off down to 2mg taking 12 days. ... February having reduced to nil i came off
Hi, I have had these symptoms as well. It started right after I had the 1st...
Anyhow, this Dr. put me on a tapering ... dose of prednisone and then kept me ... actually at the time had asked to get off ... the prednisone because I did not want ... to ask if I could try the prednisone
Posted: May 19, 2023
@blossomgirl, and all...Blossom, why are you considering Prednisone and Cellcept? Are you currently in a flare...
..Blossom, why are you considering Prednisone ... ever helped calm a flare for me was Prednisone ... ago, the only medication offered was Prednisone ... about 9 months, then slow, graual tapering ... worked with my doctor to wean myself off
I am 68 and have been dealing with PMR diagnosis for going on four years. It...
, I proceded a bumpy path down the taper ... , going off completely once and having ... This month I went completely off after ... might not tolerate (just want to be off ... I have been off for maybe a week and
I am so sorry you are having these problems. I have been on prednisone in the...
I have been on prednisone in the past ... cases the only real problem I had with prednisone ... After being tapered off of the prednisone ... the weight started coming off, thank