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@jkincaid21 - You might get your doc to prescribe 2.5 mg and 1 mg prednisone tablets....
your doc to prescribe 2.5 mg and 1 mg prednisone ... That helped me tweak my tapering schedule ... and keeping it at bay once you can taper ... off.
I was diagnosed with PMR two and a half years ago at age 71. Started out...
Started out at 15 mg of Prednisone but ... mg weekly) so I could begin to get off ... the Prednisone. ... I had three failed tapers from which ... I am now on my fourth taper and am at
Hi Jeff, Welcome. You will be grateful for finding this blog and hearing the stories and...
You were wise to print off a Mayo document ... She put me on prednisone and I have ... been tapering down, now at 3 mg. ... word of caution - be careful about tapering
Hi there. I was diagnosed last year with PMR and just recently with GCA. I was...
I had been on 20mg of prednisone for ... I am looking forward to tapering down ... the prednisone and getting off it entirely
@darkarta - Sorry, I remember the swelling I had at the time I was diagnosed in...
I was on prednisone until 2010 when ... I was able to taper off when the PMR ... remission in 2016 and I went back on prednisone
Posted: Oct 20, 2020
Hello @mompiano, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. PMR can definitely keep a person from doing pretty...
It took me 3-1/2 years to taper off ... of prednisone for my first occurrence ... percentage of people are not able to taper ... completely off and do keep taking a ... of prednisone this past year.
Dear Barbara, It's been a couple of years since you posted and I wonder how you...
I was urgently put on 60 mg prednisone ... , now tapered down to 20 mg with another ... to deal with mild side-effects of prednisone ... addicted, I decided I had to come off
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Aug 31, 2020
@valb68, Don't be discouraged and keep taking it one day at a time. My first time...
with PMR it took me 3-1/2 years to taper ... off of prednisone and be relatively ... Have you tried tapering down 1/2 mg
Discussion: PMR coming back?
Posted: Aug 13, 2020
John and Dawn, thank you for your emails. Yes, I do want to stay off Prednisone...
Yes, I do want to stay off Prednisone ... A lot of work to taper all the way to ... my rheumatologist wants me to stay off
I was able to completely taper off prednisone twice. Both times from the 10-15 mg range...
I was able to completely taper off prednisone ... time and I had to go back to 60 mg of prednisone ... no side effects that I'm aware off ... Overall, I tolerated prednisone reasonably ... Also, i can't say prednisone induced
@phoenix0509, I did start both occurrences of PMR with 20 mg prednisone. My rheumatologist suggested I...
both occurrences of PMR with 20 mg prednisone ... log and record the dosage as I was tapering ... He wanted me to taper off slowly and ... I was at around 10 mg prednisone at ... thing that is helpful when you are tapering
Posted: Jul 25, 2020
@paddington asked me to post the following additional information and links that helped him since he...
have been told I am likely to be on Prednisone ... unusual response to a lower dosage of Prednisone ... during the tapering off process This ... Taking Prednisone lowers our resistance
Ive been on 2 mg/day prednisone for a couple of years although I dont really know...
Ive been on 2 mg/day prednisone for ... I am thinking its time to finally taper ... off. anyone have a workable tapering
Hi, @bdpp - although I do not have epilepsy, I can relate to isolating myself to...
to it, and taking a 5-day course of prednisone ... difference right away as you begin your tapering ... jdernburg - how is your transition off
Support Group: Epilepsy & Seizures
Posted: Jan 1, 2020
Hello, my husband was diagnosed with Clippers at Mayo Clinic 4 years ago. His symptoms were...
His symptoms were double vision and off ... They started him with Prednisone 60mg ... when the inflammation was gone and tapered ... He is on 9 miligrams of daily prednisone ... that His problem was with the ear (off
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 16, 2019
@dreamer38 I'm sure we've all done that when we were trying to taper off or down...
all done that when we were trying to taper ... off or down and the pain was too much ... Yes, I've bumped my prednisone up ... working with me to come up with a tapering ... helped is he wrote a script for 1 mg prednisone