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@654321, @beaver, and all...It sounds like you've made some decisions about your treatments and are moving...
I've been taking 10mg of Prednisone ... Tried to taper off but the PMR and GCA ... hydroxychloroquine in addition to Prednisone ... to help taper off the Prednisone or
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 28 2:42pm
I was on a moderately high dose of prednisone for 13 years for PMR. When I...
When I was able to taper down to 3 mg ... okay to go from 3 mg to zero without tapering ... However, she allowed me to taper off ... I was able to taper off prednisone a ... I have been off prednisone for more
Posted: Feb 5 2:18pm
I forgot to say that Actemra worked extremely well for PMR. I tapered off prednisone in...
I tapered off prednisone in one year ... after being on prednisone for 12 years ... another autoimmune disorder soon after I tapered ... off prednisone the first time. ... I was able to taper off prednisone a
Posted: Mar 2 4:54pm
I recently started Kevzara 11/23 I was diagnosed with PMR 7/22 my Pred dose was 20mg...
I have tapered to 5mg which is the lowest ... I keep to this dose to ward off more ... that lasted a month+ I was at 5mg prednisone ... going to see my Rheumatologist for my taper ... I am a bit concerned about the taper
"rheumy says we are therefore finished treating PMR, and the task is to get off prednisone...
Tapering prednisone slowly is recommended ... off prednisone after more than 12 years ... off prednisone after that long. ... Tapering off prednisone can be done ... off prednisone.
Posted: Jan 18 5:22pm
I took methotrexate as an adjunct to prednisone. In my case, it was used as a...
took methotrexate as an adjunct to prednisone ... It worked for lowering my prednisone ... effects from Actemra and got completely off ... prednisone. ... Fortunately, I was able to taper off
Posted: Jan 24 8:19pm
I was diagnosed with reactive arthritis with recurrent uveitis at least 20 years before PMR was...
It took me 12 years to get off prednisone ... Actemra was tried when I was able to taper ... off prednisone. ... It took less than a year for me to taper ... off prednisone the first time after
Posted: Feb 21 7:51pm
@srsmith3820, and all...I had the 1st of 2 covid infections last July 2023, 2nd covid in...
still experiencing and treating with Prednisone ... I got better quickly, but for the tapering ... off the steroid. ... it symptomatically with continued Prednisone ... That seems to be the cut-off for Covid
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Posted: Jan 25 12:25pm
Someone posted this link about a week ago. I am recommending it to everyone here as...
educational source of the issues related to prednisone ... tapering that I have seen recently. ... Baker-Is-there-a-safe-and-effective-way-to-wean-patients-off-long
Posted: Feb 26 10:39am
jds2123 Are you planning on tapering down off the prednisone soon? This is something that I...
jds2123 Are you planning on tapering ... down off the prednisone soon? ... that I hope would be a goal since prednisone ... Prednisone is playing with my immune ... more side effects - I personally want off
I had difficulty coming off prednisone after starting Actemra. It took me an entire year to...
I had difficulty coming off prednisone ... I have now been off prednisone for 3 ... off prednisone. ... off prednisone without Actemra. ... The first time I tapered off prednisone
Thanks to all of you who responded to my post. It seems that the PMR is...
the PMR is under control with 10 mg prednisone ... Will work with my doc to start tapering ... off when we think I'm ready.
Posted: Jan 4, 2023
Hi Gang! Tapering from 25 mgs of predisone about five months ago down to 10 now...
Tapering from 25 mgs of predisone about ... inclined to tough it out and keep tapering ... with a goal to get off it in ten months ... bad must it get before you up your predisone
Discussion: PMR Taper and pain
Posted: Jan 6 1:51pm
Hello @sbschnell59, I see you've been a member for awhile but this is your first post...
happy that you found relief with the prednisone ... of pain (1 to 10) and the dosage of prednisone ... for the day to help when I started tapering ... off.
Psoriatic arthritis is a seronegative inflammatory disease. It is more likely if you have or ever...
As soon as I tapered off prednisone, ... Prednisone will help almost any type ... rheumatologists will want to avoid long term prednisone
Posted: Feb 5 6:10pm
Hopefully you’ll hear from others, but it sounds unusual to start with methotrexate at the beginning....
not come up until months into his taper ... considered if it might be best for him to taper ... off prednisone more quickly. ... boat and were able to continue the prednisone ... taper.
Finding you have a chronic autoimmune disease is the worst. I am 12 years into a...
I’ve had to take prednisone a couple ... I was started at 20mg and tapered down ... and off over 16 days.
Posted: Mar 7 11:34am
I have osteopenia ( less severe than osteoporosis) and my rheumatologist put me on Fosamax to...
bone loss as soon as I started the prednisone ... people who have PMR but cannot tolerate prednisone ... or cannot taper off it. ... could increase my dose up to 25%, then taper ... experience is that waiting to increase prednisone
Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs
Posted: Mar 9 10:50am