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The heaviness in my arms, upper chest, neck and shoulders started on Prednisone and continue on...
chest, neck and shoulders started on Prednisone ... They say I will feel better once I am off ... At the rate I am going in terms of tapering
Posted: Feb 23, 2022
@milld835, I'm not a doctor and have no medical training but I've always been told by...
that the goal of treating PMR with prednisone ... is to taper off slowly and listen to ... your body while tapering down. ... If I was pain free on 20 mg prednisone ... , I would definitely try tapering down
Welcome @kvd9, I'm sorry to hear you are experiencing a relapse with PMR. I'm currently in...
I had a tough time with prednisone the ... It took me 3 and half years to taper ... off. ... it only took me a year and half to taper ... off.
Posted: Jan 26, 2022
I, too, am a retiree and have a somewhat similar routine for getting the benefit of...
routine for getting the benefit of prednisone ... before setting off on the day's ... to bed, drink coffee and read the paper
PMR Induced by Merck Zostavax LIVE Shingles Vaccine Received vaccine on November 26 2016. The following...
Have started with 20mg Prednisone, and ... tapered down to 5mg several times, ... years. which barely takes the edge off ... (Prednisone is not without side effects
Posted: Jan 13, 2022
Hello @sweetpeanutbunny and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I am so glad you found this group!...
When you come off of the steroids (cortisol ... ), you must come off slowly and be ... Now I’m on Mycophenolate mofitil and prednisone ... I’ve tapered to 5mg of prednisone and
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 7, 2022
I have read many opinions on tapering and there is a separate thread about it. There...
I have read many opinions on tapering ... Currently, I will be on prednisone 2 ... I always either split my dose of prednisone ... The first time I had PMR, I was on prednisone ... of 12 years, the second time I was off
I feel your pain tinman. My diagnosis was about 18-20 months ago too. I don’t know...
methotrexate route… I’m down to 5 Mg of Prednisone ... and hoping I can very slowly get off ... going super slow after my initial tapering
Good info. I too was over eager to taper and had a bad reaction, with giant...
I too was over eager to taper and had ... I have been on prednisone for 18 months ... Just at 5 mg this week and have been tapering ... dropping the dose, but then I level off
Hi @aliceoleary, Welcome to Connect. When my PMR came out of remission in 2016 my CRP...
occurrences I was started on 20mg prednisone ... It took me 3-1/2 years to taper off ... of prednisone the first time but only
Discussion: CRP and SED levels
Posted: Nov 1, 2021
@kspowell. HI ks. I have had GCA since March, 2019. I was treated in July, 2019,...
Prednisone because I suddenly lost the ... vision in my right eye and Prednisone ... By November, 2020, while I was tapering ... down on Prednisone, my rheumatologist ... months but had to be suddenly taken off
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Nov 1, 2021
There is no science in tapering off prednisone - only suggestions. If it was known how...
There is no science in tapering off ... prednisone - only suggestions. ... If it was known how prednisone works ... better idea on what to do in getting off ... anyone that has a reference showing how prednisone
Posted: Aug 27, 2021
Hi Alan, yes prednisone does suppress the immune system, even at a low dose. It takes...
Hi Alan, yes prednisone does suppress ... It takes a while after a slow taper ... Once you’re completely off, it can take ... Are you beginning a taper to get off ... prednisone?
I was on Prednisone for a good portion of my life for Crohns Disease. I then...
I was on Prednisone for a good portion ... They ever so slowly tapered me off Prednisone ... I was so thrilled to get off Prednisone