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After getting my PMR under control, my MD suggested a tapering schedule and said to call...
PMR under control, my MD suggested a tapering ... Trying to wean off of the Celebrex. ... dramatically within 1 -2 months of beginning prednisone
@charlena, You will notice we changed your discussion title a little to help let members know...
that your husband is having trouble tapering ... years before I could successfully taper ... off of prednisone. ... off. ... and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Mar 2, 2022
Good morning @charlie01 I’m so sorry you were diagnosed with myositis. Autoimmune disease can be so...
inclusion-body-myositis You said that you’re on prednisone ... I started on heavy doses of prednisone ... The prednisone finally brought my disease ... I’m tapering off the prednisone and ... control without the side effects of prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 23, 2022
New Member I am a 70 yr. old male, I was diagnosed with PMR in Feb....
PMR in Feb. 2021 and started 20 mg prednisone ... Doc put me back to 17.5 and then tapered ... My experience with the prednisone is ... 12 hours and then it seems to wear off ... Good luck to you all in tapering ,and
Hello @marda, Welcome to Connect. I know it can be really difficult sometimes to taper off...
can be really difficult sometimes to taper ... off of prednisone. ... off of prednisone when getting to a ... When you tapered down to 10 mg and then ... tried to get to 5 mg, were you tapering
Posted: Jan 27, 2022
@nimalw, I think that you had a kidney transplant. And so I want to jump in...
I also was prescribed prednisone along ... The prednisone dosage was gradually ... hearing so many negative comments about prednisone ... evaluation, I was told that I could taper ... off the prednisone because of some
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Jan 24, 2022
Hi @annettetompkins that is a true horror story! I'm sorry that your doctor was so blase....
My inflammation markers were off the ... What I've read, prednisone has to ... be tapered slowly, as it takes over ... month to monitor inflammation as I taper ... the prednisone.
Hello Teri, thank you for your comments. I got off to an awful start just getting...
I got off to an awful start just getting ... Prednisone. ... diagnose me right away, prescribed Prednisone ... the practice who is now trying to taper
Thanks. Right now I am learning my part of the pt. Her blood clot is gone...
Also being taken off prednisone in two ... Tapered from 100 mgs daily to 10, starting ... test and will probably also be taken off
Support Group: Caregivers
Posted: Dec 7, 2021
Hi @oldhen, Actually there is a lot of information out there on Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR). It...
really helpful when I was trying to taper ... off of prednisone was for me to keep ... daily pain log along with how much prednisone ... you up with a schedule to help you taper ... off of prednisone when it's under
Hello @dsmith337, Welcome to Connect. You are mostly correct from what I've read. I was 64...
is a very short time to be able to taper ... off of prednisone for PMR. ... occurrence took me 3 and half years to taper ... off and the second time it took me
Hi, I am a year and a few months from my SCT for AML. Started with...
I was put on a short course of Prednisone ... off the Cyclosporin and started Sirolimus ... taper. ... I was prescribed 20 of Prednisone and ... I started to taper Prednisone, just
Hi, I just came across this forum. I've had PMR for 2-1/2 years now, and like...
getting up and down until I was put on Prednisone ... I was never able to taper off it, so ... Recently I had to go off the Meloxicam
Thanks for your reply John. My rheumatologist has said a few times that I may end...
After 14 months, recently tapering off ... pain return, I am back on 5 mg. of Prednisone ... As I taper to 4 it’s getting bad again
I don't have a lot to add to this discussion but I just saw my rheumatologist...
surgery May 7th and of course had to be off ... We decided to do a prednisone taper
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jul 20, 2021