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Well, what is this I'm being given 20 mg. For 5 days then 10 mg. For...
For 5 days, then off? ... given 40 mg.. for five days...then no taper ... else suffered severe diarrea will on Prednisone ... or while tapering?
Posted: Sep 19, 2024
Thanks @redboat! I am believing for good things! ❤️My inflammatory markers and pain seem to go...
go right back up with the slightest Prednisone ... taper so hopefully Actemra is the ... and I will finally be able to get off ... of Prednisone after 2.5 years.
Posted: Sep 10, 2024
I'm not your Dad but the same thing happened to me. I needed an endocrinologist to...
needed an endocrinologist to help me taper ... off Prednisone. ... controlled my PMR symptoms while I tapered ... there is a risk of a PMR flare if we taper ... insufficiency makes it impossible to get off
Posted: Sep 4, 2024
I’m ready to take the chance. I’ve been on between 10&20 mgs of prednisone for the...
ve been on between 10&20 mgs of prednisone ... for the better part of a year but tapered ... people like us there’s always a trade off
Discussion: CellCept
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 3, 2024
For what it's worth my neurologist is Dr. Alexander at Scripps here in San Diego. He's...
When Jim was tapered off the prednisone ... should be receiving, if he's been tapered ... off Prednisone completely. ... This is not ideal, as he will have to taper ... off the pred again, but if his symptoms
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 28, 2024
My husband spent 54 days in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and was diagnosed with...
seconds They started him on 1000 mg of prednisone ... a day for 7 days then started tapering ... off weekly every 7 days. ... He had been completly off of predinsone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 26, 2024
"Pain is a symptom, not a disease, and all pain is not PMR pain." Isn't that...
Pain is also a symptom of tapering off ... prednisone which makes it even harder ... to taper off prednisone.
Posted: Aug 21, 2024
@tobeybaby, I've had PMR twice and was able to taper off of prednisone both time without...
off of prednisone both time without ... off and it stayed in remission for ... I was again started on 20 mg prednisone ... and was able to taper off of prednisone ... I think it was easier tapering off the
The Prednisone tapering experience seems to be highly variable. I had quite severe disease symptoms but...
The Prednisone tapering experience seems ... I responded to Prednisone but initial ... tapering was very difficult with lots ... the end of a month was like jumping off ... Is this what successful tapering looks
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
I've been on Kevzara for 3 months now so thought I would offer a report. Methotrexate...
I was at 6 mg prednisone and felt like ... stayed on the Kev for 6 weeks without tapering ... I then tapered down to 5 mg pred at ... slightly but has come down since I got off ... the prednisone .5 mg/month.
My experience was the same. Tapering off Prednisone is uncomfortable and painful even when PMR isn't...
Tapering off Prednisone is uncomfortable ... It is very easy to mistake Prednisone ... dose so tapering gets slower and slower ... It took me almost a year to taper from ... said I shouldn't even attempt to taper
Posted: Aug 8, 2024
Sorry to read about your experience. Luckily, I'm 2 days from my prednisone dosage going to...
Luckily, I'm 2 days from my prednisone ... dosage with a more gradual taper, and ... As I've tapered closer to 0 prednisone ... my work environment is worse, or if tapering ... off is making it seem worse.
Posted: Aug 8, 2024
What doses of Prednisone did you take for asthma? My first dose of Prednisone was at...
What doses of Prednisone did you take ... and I could always taper off quickly ... followed by a fast taper many times ... Prednisone. ... to tapered off in a month or two.
Posted: Aug 6, 2024
I passed on taking Leflunomide after reading it can take 2 years to leave your body....
I’m on prednisone and methotrexate ... Tried to taper off prednisone and had ... Will do a much slower taper this time
I also had no blood markers for PMR--everything was normal, but then again, I had a...
Prednisone. ... My pain stopped immediately and I tapered ... off of the Prednisone in about a year
Posted: Aug 2, 2024
Kevzara and Actemra are new biologics that insurance may cover. Usually if you have tried methotrexate...
down or a PMR restart while you are tapering ... Once you are off prednisone you can ... going to have a very difficult time to taper ... Dadcue on this site was has been on and off ... Prednisone is not your friend.
Posted: Aug 2, 2024
Yes! That is exactly what happened to me not long after I started Prednisone. My forearms...
happened to me not long after I started Prednisone ... rheumatologist told me, this is from the Prednisone ... when I finally manage (if I do) to taper ... off it completely my skin would go ... I have the "Prednisone Pregnancy
Support Group: Aging Well
Posted: Aug 1, 2024
Your situation, and his, are tough ones! Since he got so sick from the UC, it’s...
Once that occuhe should be able to taper ... off the Prednisone. ... Prednisone can definitely cause personality ... from him gives him a chance to cool off ... the Prednisone or at least on a lower
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 1, 2024