To narrow your search, try adding quotation marks around phrases.

Search tips
  • Search by keywords or complete phrases.
  • To narrow your search, try adding quotation marks around phrases.
  • Example: "predictable behavior" will narrow the search results to only include content that has the exact phrase "predictable behavior" in it.
2,347 total results
Comments (2,249)
@bunnybear There is definitely a "continuity of care" problem when people move or change doctors frequently....
#34;give up" and stop trying to taper ... people off Prednisone for a variety ... off prednisone. ... #39;t my fault that I couldn't taper ... off.
@pargeo47 I can only speak from our experience - my husband is the one with PMR....
, tapered to 12.5 mg by Feb 2024 when ... My husband says while prednisone has ... Prednisone offered him that and gave ... 80 mg per day starting in Feb 2024 tapering ... best and hope you can get yourself off
Posted: Jun 16, 2024
I agree with everything that has already been posted. I'm not sure how much my experience...
When I tapered off Prednisone, Actemra ... I tapered by 1 mg per month for the ... I tapered by 1 mg per week and found ... ;if I felt the need." I tapered ... off prednisone going from 3 mg to zero
I damaged my colon years ago trying to control cholesterol with statins. Another lesson about taking...
taper it can restart the PMR or simply ... not unusual for most when trying to taper ... you from a PMR flare while trying to taper ... You have lowered your prednisone but ... your not off.
I've not met someone who started on methotrexate instead of prednisone, although it makes sense. Let...
started on methotrexate instead of prednisone ... have been on methotrexate and while prednisone ... #34;Well we could use it to help you taper ... off prednisone, but that will present ... insurance will approve it to help you taper
Posted: Jun 11, 2024
Hi. As @dadcue mentioned above, I have had RA for 12 years. My onset was very...
But ultimately i had to go off MTX so ... sometimes severe enough my Rheumy gives me Prednisone ... - usually starting at 15-20 mg and tapering
Posted: Jun 11, 2024
"My advice to you all is never miss the opportunity to taper down if your medics...
all is never miss the opportunity to taper ... a doctor's duty is to make the tapering ... I was never pressured to taper lower ... off Prednisone and "refused&#34 ... off prednisone.
Posted: Jun 11, 2024
I think most of us cannot do it without Corticosteroids. That is the drug of choice....
Those are RA type drugs to help with prednisone ... induced flares when trying to taper ... Lucky for me I was able to get off fairly ... to stop those after stopping your prednisone
My mother was on 5 mg of prednisone for over 10 years. Her skin got so...
My mother was on 5 mg of prednisone ... All those years of prednisone left her ... have been trying very hard to get off ... of the prednisone. ... had a couple flares but am trying to taper
Posted: Jun 7, 2024
Thank you for this information! I have been searching for a method to wean off QVAR...
been searching for a method to wean off ... Every time I tried to wean off it got ... original is not knowing how to wean/taper ... spots now and the skin on forearms is paper ... onset of symptoms that will require prednisone
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Posted: Jun 1, 2024
Do you want me to separate out PMR symptoms from everything else? What I remember most...
My prednisone prescriptions were written ... I did these bursts of high dose prednisone ... followed by a fast taper off prednisone ... With the onset of PMR my prednisone ... It responded to my daily Prednisone
My experience with GCA and tapering has been different. I was prescribed 40 mg prednisone, then...
My experience with GCA and tapering ... I was prescribed 40 mg prednisone, then ... tapered 5 mg every week, until at the ... After a year and a half off Prednisone ... Back up to 40 mg prednisone.
Posted: May 30, 2024
I am back to 5 mg. now . After getting down to 3 mg. I went...
non-stop even though my doctor took the tapering ... might have to go even slower to get off ... this Prednisone.
Posted: May 30, 2024
I’ve had no markers and have had PMR for almost 4 years now…was off prednisone after...
had PMR for almost 4 years now…was off ... prednisone after long taper but pain ... left during or after finishing the taper ... kicking in but dr put me on 5 mg of prednisone
Posted: May 28, 2024
May 27, 2024 A testimony and an answer. The purpose of this is for anyone suffering...
I read the published papers on the subject ... The first paper working out the hypothesis ... I got off high dose prednisone and returned
Support Group: Infectious Diseases
Posted: May 27, 2024
My first time with PMR took me 3 and half years before I was able to...
and half years before I was able to taper ... off. ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg of prednisone ... until I could finally be off with a
Posted: May 25, 2024