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John @johnbishop, Thank you so much for those links! I am learning a lot about PMR...
Am I tapering too fast or too slow? ... sometimes feels like just too much prednisone ... the gym, would extend a person's prednisone ... illness." Avoiding over-use of prednisone ... re all eager to get out from under prednisone
Posted: Mar 4 7:39pm
From 10 to 5, taper was 1 per month. This was an interesting period. Mild osteoarthritis...
From 10 to 5, taper was 1 per month. ... I think I would continue tapering if ... your plan past your doc, have enough prednisone
I have seen so many things that seem to work for one person and not so...
months at 10mg and then was able to taper ... Approximately 5 months at 20mg prednisone ... is a rather long time without a taper
I agree with you regarding how to taper off prednisone. I had a mild case (only...
I agree with you regarding how to taper ... off prednisone. ... I started at 10 mg. and tried tapering ... I found that a .5 mg. taper was more ... sometimes there were 3 to 4 weeks between tapers
Posted: Mar 27 10:01am
I'm currently 70 years old. PMR was diagnosed when I was 52. I took Prednisone for...
I took Prednisone for PMR every day ... biologic called Actemra was tried and I tapered ... off prednisone in a year. ... I have now been completely off prednisone ... followed by a fast taper was routine
Posted: Jan 19 12:45pm
"I NEED to get better! Please forgive me for sounding like I'm complaining, but I absolutely...
I was started on 65mg of prednisone, ... I have now tapered down to 20, which ... told me a "stable dose" of prednisone ... Pain combined with Prednisone side effects ... I'm off prednisone currently and
Discussion: Feeling defeated
Posted: Jan 17 2:54pm
Yes … I also needed to get down to 3 mg before my cortisol level was...
After 6 months on 3 mg of prednisone ... a very low dose, I didn’t need to taper ... When I decided to stop prednisone I ... was told to take prednisone again “for ... I wound up on 60 mg of prednisone again
Discussion: Feeling defeated
Posted: Jan 20 1:08pm
"It's interesting too where you say prednisone is listed as one of your medical problems. In...
#39;s interesting too where you say prednisone ... In my medical chart, GCA, prednisone ... The longer I took prednisone, the more ... more concerned about my inability to taper ... off Prednisone.
Posted: Jan 22 10:35am
I started on 15 mg prednisone, went up to 20 a week later. I finally saw...
I started on 15 mg prednisone, went ... weeks later who put me on 40 mg, to taper ... based on blood tests increased the prednisone ... back to 40 mg on Dec 30, no taper. ... to 35 mg (no taper) to see what will
Posted: Jan 22 12:12pm
@bonnie57 Hello Bonnie! Is your doctor a rheumatologist? Most specialists will bring up starting you on...
biologic to help your pain and also taper ... you off the ptednisone. ... inflammatory that should not be taken with prednisone
Posted: Jan 22 2:59pm
I'm very envious that you're able to run. I had to give it up for the...
up for the time being because the prednisone ... muscle problems will clear up as I taper ... more or else get off of prednisone. ... #39;m a few months behind you on the taper ... interested to hear how you're taper
@nyxygirl, @becsbuddy, @johnbishop and all... Another interesting new friend introduced to me! How lovely, and how...
I am still on 8 mg Prednisone daily, ... weekly for the last 8 months or so, tapering ... down on Prednisone from 20 mg at my ... in seeing if I need to increase the Prednisone
I had been on prednisone for over a year and half, but gradually tapered off last...
I had been on prednisone for over a ... year and half, but gradually tapered ... started me on hydroxychloroqine before I tapered ... off of the prednisone, but when I hit ... Then we slowed my taper a bit and she
Thanks for the good questions @redboat. Indeed, I am "hoping LDN would let [me] speed up...
hoping LDN would let [me] speed up the prednisone ... taper faster than the usual schedule ... ." Having been on prednisone for ... over some of the pain relief, I can taper ... been in remission since I started prednisone
Posted: Mar 14, 2023
"Some patients will start to see improvement within a few weeks, but it may take several...
be working" was because I could taper ... my prednisone dose lower. ... I only tapered my prednisone dose by ... After 3 months I decided to taper my ... time and eventually I was able to taper
Posted: Mar 31 3:25pm