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@petermccarville Thank-you for trying to set the record straight. It amazed me how many people thought...
dose increase instead of taking Actemra ... I think prednisone works great as a ... term side effects are proportional to cumulative ... dose and duration of use in my opinion ... Twelve years of prednisone compared
Posted: Jun 15 11:40pm
I'm sorry to hear you have cancer. I hope everything goes well with your treatment. I...
I took prednisone for 13 and a half ... Because of the GCA, I took a large cumulative ... dose over that time. ... Two or three months after I finished prednisone ... I am suspicious that the prednisone
@stonewheel It just means that doctors will often introduce steroid-sparing medications at some point in time...
time when the duration of being on Prednisone ... the duration gets and the higher the cumulative ... dose becomes then they need to do something ... There are other people on Prednisone ... I wasn't a novice at prednisone
Posted: Apr 27 11:56am
Nobody ever promised me that I would be pain free when I tapered off Prednisone. Adrenal...
would be pain free when I tapered off Prednisone ... Adrenal insufficiency and Prednisone ... sources of my pain after I tapered off Prednisone ... side effects and my cumulative dose ... prior to 2020 when I was still on Prednisone
Posted: Apr 19 6:51pm
The medical literature says PMR lasts 1-2 years for most people. This means approximately 50% or...
The 10 mg dose or more of prednisone ... If you have been on prednisone since ... to manage symptoms and reduce the cumulative ... glucocorticoid dose." Having ... personally taken prednisone for 12
Will 3 mg be the lowest dose you have been on since the start of PMR?...
Will 3 mg be the lowest dose you have ... What was your average dose during this ... dose again. ... When we taper our prednisone dose lower ... use and the cumulative dose of prednisone
Posted: Dec 5, 2023
I was on day 3 of 15mg of Prednisone and my left shoulder was still painful...
I was on day 3 of 15mg of Prednisone ... Prednisone is hard on the body, and ... are cumulative and are dose and duration ... your doc need to find the minimum dose
Discussion: Doseage
Posted: Nov 22, 2025
Does everybody taking a biologic or DMARD get to 0mg prednisone? -------------------- No ... only about...
taking a biologic or DMARD get to 0mg prednisone ... Actemra were able to get to 0 mg of prednisone ... remission" in 52 weeks compared to Prednisone ... The cumulative dose of Prednisone needed
Posted: Jun 6, 2025
Exactly ... people love to blame one thing and not hold something else accountable. More often...
combination of things that have a cumulative ... PMR contributes to the cumulative effects ... decreased especially after stopping Prednisone ... Now I'm on a lower dose of "
Posted: Mar 30, 2025
I don't know the answer. I do wish that a biologic was tried much sooner in...
I was treated with prednisone for 12 ... I can only say my treatment with Prednisone ... My long term use and cumulative dose ... of prednisone over time was what did ... Don't be frightened of prednisone
Posted: Feb 14, 2025
Hi Was diagnosed with pmr a year ago . I was well , my symptoms were...
damaging medications starting with prednisone ... absolutely no choice but start high dose ... at least I’ve avoided an additional prednisone ... last year that would have added to my cumulative ... dose .
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
Yes ... there are 1 mg tablets of prednisone. I didn't need the 1 mg tablets...
Yes ... there are 1 mg tablets of prednisone ... Duration of Prednisone use and cumulative ... dose are important. ... relative to being on a moderately high dose ... In my case, after 12 years of prednisone
Reducing by 1mg every two weeks is a fast taper, more likely to bring on a...
Australian guide for reducing prednisolone/prednisone ... At doses below 4-6mg (the amount of ... At doses higher than that, the return ... too quickly can result in a higher cumulative ... dose than reducing slowly and steadily
"I know my experience with rapid pred taper is contrary to many others experiences I have...
For GCA, people doing the slower prednisone ... . 1) people are able to taper off prednisone ... faster, 2) the cumulative dose of Prednisone
Posted: Feb 18, 2025
Speaking of the annoying side effects of prednisone, the most annoying side effect to me is...
Speaking of the annoying side effects of prednisone ... that's the taste and smell of prednisone ... sense of smell being affected by the prednisone ... the amount of time I had been taking prednisone ... , or maybe the cumulative dose.
Actemra doesn't work as quickly as prednisone works to relieve pain. Once Actemra starts to work,...
Actemra doesn't work as quickly as prednisone ... a year in total to finally get off prednisone ... very far for finding alternatives to Prednisone ... I was on daily Prednisone for more than ... My cumulative dose of prednisone over
Posted: Nov 26, 2024
I certainly understand how you feel. The real debate about the pros and cons of Prednisone...
debate about the pros and cons of Prednisone ... Prednisone is great in the short term ... It was neuropathic pain but prednisone ... them, I could always take a high dose ... After 35 years, my cumulative dose of
Posted: Jun 10, 2024
Most of the problems people have with prednisone and methylprednisolone are because of higher doses taken...
Most of the problems people have with prednisone ... methylprednisolone are because of higher doses ... type of situation because the "cumulative ... dose" is relatively small since ... of prednisone daily for 12 years for
Here are a few articles discussing the reasoning for tapering schedules. "How to taper GC: The...
occur more frequently when a rapid dose ... flares can occur independently of GC dose ... The general view is that 10 mg prednisone ... of relapses, corresponds to a lower cumulative ... Some typical recommendations for prednisone
I can definitely relate to the stress of seeing doctors, especially new providers. The cumulative effect...
The cumulative effect of medical appointments ... But to your practical question about predinsone ... than a few days after dropping the dose ... either needed to go back on the higher dose ... As I understand it, the prednisone is
Discussion: Breakthrough Pain?
Posted: Jun 15, 2023