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@tsesow Listening to all the different stories, I feel very fortunate that my acute pain stage...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1519851/
Prednisone a day because of GCA concern ... I too will be prone to flares as I taper ... does not of course respond to the Prednisone
Discussion: Possible PMR diagnosis - but legs only
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 4 8:36pm
I've been on monthly Actemra infusions since January 2025. Actemra allowed me to taper off of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521387/
Actemra allowed me to taper off of Prednisone ... flares I was having while trying to taper ... Actemra told me that he will taper me ... happy when I took my last dose of prednisone ... reminiscent of the pains I had before taking prednisone
Discussion: Are others with GCA and PMR on Tyenne Monthly Infusions?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 7 6:30am
@hughebo2 Are you off Prednisone? If you are -- how long did it take to taper...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1522401/
@hughebo2 Are you off Prednisone ... you are -- how long did it take to taper ... off prednisone? ... I guess some people get used to Prednisone ... I didn't need to take Prednisone
Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 8 11:14am
I had a mild case to begin with and only hurt in my thighs and upper...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1522310/
was right away and prescribed 10 mg. prednisone ... away immediately and I managed to taper
Discussion: Classic PMR symptoms but...
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 8 9:31am
@laurenand Seven years on Actemra for me. Some mild side effects for me initially but nothing...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1523583/
I have been off prednisone for 5 years ... 5 years for the 12 years I was on Prednisone ... So many things improved after Prednisone ... improvement didn't happen as soon as I tapered ... off Prednisone like I was told.
Discussion: Amount of time on Actemra
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: 6 days ago
Hi, I’m am new to this diagnosis of secondary adrenal insufficiency. I see an Endrochronogist on...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521127/
endocrinologist and they started me on 5mg of prednisone ... the endocrinologist…5 days now on tapering ... anyone else experience this while tapering
Discussion: Secondary adrenal insufficiency
Support Group: Diabetes & Endocrine System
Posted: Mar 6 2:39pm
I had been on prednisone for over two years. Every time I tapered, I had more...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521377/
I had been on prednisone for over two ... Every time I tapered, I had more pain ... So I did not go back to the prednisone ... for nerve issues, but I believe the prednisone ... . it is difficult to tell, when on Prednisone
Discussion: Has anyone with PMR been able to get off prednisolone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 7 5:58am
Hi, It took me a year and a half to get to 0 mg. The last...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521944/
The last few tapers, especially the ... 0, were really difficult, because prednisone ... I have been off of prednisone for 6 ... The prednisone appears have caused me ... near the end, when I did not take any prednisone
Discussion: Has anyone with PMR been able to get off prednisolone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 7 4:53pm
@covidstinks2023 Thank you for your kind words. I have been to a spine dr & had...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1526931/
The rheumatologist increases prednisone ... from 30 mg a day for 3 days, then taper ... it to 40 mg for 5 days & then tapering ... Also includes Colchisine with prednisone
Discussion: CPPD
Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles
Posted: 1 day ago
@caroljeand I just made an appointment with an endocrinologist for help with prednisone tapering. I've had...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1508743/
with an endocrinologist for help with prednisone ... tapering. ... rheumatologists always urge me to get off prednisone ... function due to my rheumatologist's tapering
Discussion: Low blood sugar on prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 18 9:55am
@pmrsuzie Cortisol levels aren't checked very often as we taper off Prednisone for a couple of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1510700/
aren't checked very often as we taper ... off Prednisone for a couple of reasons ... Staying on a low dose of prednisone ... ------ When I was struggling with tapering ... I was stuck in the "taper trap&#34
Discussion: Titration steroids using Tyenne but now at a stuck point
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 20 5:11pm
@caroljeand Let's hope so! I don't want to stop the celebration but the game isn't over...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1511299/
was only another 6 months until I tapered ... off Prednisone the second time. ... back to Actemra before I was able to taper ... off Prednisone the second time. ... The belief that Prednisone is the &#34
Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 21 1:24pm
First, welcome to the world of "It doesn't make sense". Being a doctor one would think...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1516236/
gain control of the pain that the taper ... If more than 20mg of prednisone is needed ... Once 20 mg is reached then real tapering ... You are in the below 20 taper heading ... I could successfully taper to 0 but
Discussion: Weight based prednisone dosing
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 28 6:18am