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Polymyalgia Rheumatica
, then did a two year treatment of prednisone ... Initially, the prednisone was helpful ... but its effectiveness reduced as I tapered ... I am now on methotrexate and off the ... prednisone.
Last active: Sep 24, 2012
PMR flare -Shoulder and neck pain..and headaches
I have been trying to taper down the ... prednisone and finally got back down ... decide whether to go back up to 9mg of prednisone ... I really want to get off of these stuff
Last active: Jun 14 3:53pm
Actemra & Methotrexate for GCA treatment
started a 60mg/day treatment with Prednisone ... I am now on Prednisone (10mg/day) and ... doctor is recommending that I start a Prednisone ... taper off program adding weekly Actemra ... the same dosage levels and reducing Prednisone
Last active: May 5 5:09pm
NEW to PMR diagnosis
took the initial diagnostic dose of tapered ... immediately so my Dr prescribed 5mg Prednisone ... I am terrified of prednisone. ... discussion about people trying to taper ... off Pred.
Last active: Mar 10 9:57am
How many of you are on your second flare-up?
How many people have come off of Prednisone ... years and was finally able to wean off ... of Prednisone (after several flare-ups ... I held off calling my rheumy thinking ... tapering 1/2 pill every three days.
Last active: Oct 7, 2023
Temporal Arteritis
and still with severe symptoms with tapering ... of prednisone. ... Has anyone been cured and completely off ... prednisone and how long did it take
Last active: Jan 2, 2021
GPA granulomatosis with polyangiitis
12.5 mg. per week of methotrexate Tapering ... off prednisone since May also-2.5 mg ... symptoms be related to the steroid tapering
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Mar 18, 2022
PMR & Statins
I was put on 60 mg of prednisone to ... I was able to start a prednisone taper ... I upped my prednisone to 3 mg. ... Currently I have taken myself off of ... I have been off prednisone for almost
Last active: Jun 26 9:58am
Proton pump inhibitors and immunotherapy
enzymes were very high and was put on Prednisone ... (still tapering off before the next
Support Group: Cancer
Last active: May 1, 2023
Kevzara Side Effects?
I'm thinking of going off Prednisone ... my forearms and tops of my hands is paper
Last active: Jun 19 8:55am
Small Fiber Neuropathy discouraged
neurologist placed me on 40 mg of prednisone ... me off of prednisone. ... I have been taporing for slmost a year ... The tapor is hell. ... The prednisone tapor is suppose to last
Support Group: Neuropathy
Last active: Apr 13, 2023
Associated migratory primarily thoracic back pain
currently had to increase my 20 mg daily prednisone ... I’m hoping to begin tapering off of
Last active: Jul 28, 2023
Rheumatoid Drs
about the disease itself or about tapering ... off of the prednisone. ... My Dr told me to start tapering off ... She never told me at what rate to taper
Last active: Mar 13 6:24pm
Pre-diabetes, likely due to long-term steroid use: Anyone else?
this will resolve itself when I’m off ... prednisone, but on my super-slow taper ... experience - or success at lowering A1C on prednisone
Last active: Mar 25, 2022
Has anyone else had pain return after reducing pred by only 2.5 mg?
I'd been taking 15 mg of prednisone ... suggested I start trying to slowly taper ... off the prednisone. ... The doctor did hint that the tapering ... , or taking the prednisone for months
Last active: Oct 24, 2023
Remission, maybe.
with PMR on January 14, immediate Prednisone ... says I’m in remission, but now to get off ... the prednisone. ... I start to taper down from 10 mg prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Apr 22 1:34pm
PMR and tapering -- will blood work change?
PMR and tapering -- will blood work ... possibly above the normal range as taper ... tapered off at a rate of up to 5 mg ... From 5 mg to off I switched to 1 mg ... Is the 20 mg and the tapering process
Last active: Jul 6, 2021
Kevzara and prednisone for almost a year-
Kevzara and prednisone for almost a ... surgery in April of 2023 and had to be off ... Since getting back on the prednisone ... I have tried to taper down on the steriods ... The shoulders will fire up off and on
Last active: May 21 3:48pm
Bronchiectasis and staving off recurrent infections
Bronchiectasis and staving off recurrent ... on 14 days of levacquin (750) and prednisone ... (40 and taper).
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Jun 24 9:20am