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PMR savvy doctors in Portland Oregon
2008, have never been able to get off ... prednisone, and constantly feel pain ... , she is asking me to taper (my earlier ... told me that my constant efforts to taper ... blood tests before she will continue prednisone
Last active: Dec 2, 2024
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
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
Heating pad or ice pack
Prednisone up to 20 mg from5 (was hoping ... to taper off in a few weeks).
Last active: Jul 26, 2024
Prednisone addiction(?)
Prednisone addiction(?) ... that I might have become addicted to prednisone ... Everytime I tapper down to 5mg per day ... really am trying my very best to come off ... Prednisone without ending up admitted
Support Group: Addiction & Recovery
Last active: Mar 27 5:51pm
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
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, 2024
PMR and Hip Osteoarthritis
I’m now down to 5mg prednisone and for ... flare up, I even tried taking 20mg prednisone ... anyone tried a cortisone shot while on prednisone ... osteoarthritis, returned to asymptomatic after tapering ... off prednisone?
Last active: Feb 13 7:02am
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
Prednisone to Kevzara
Prednisone to Kevzara ... 20 mg and have tried for a year to taper ... off. ... Now Dr says I have to get off Prednisone ... I cut Prednisone to 15 and so far have
Last active: Jun 18, 2024
Prednisone, Leflunomide, adrenal adenoma. Confused
Prednisone, Leflunomide, adrenal adenoma ... Originally put on 15 mg of prednisone ... me to 20 mg for 2 weeks and told to taper ... Nervous to taper to 7.5 so called my ... They won’t see me until I’m off prednisone
Last active: Jan 7 12:55pm
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, 2024
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
Pain ever goes away on its own?
I was on Prednisone from the previous ... July through May this year for PMR, tapering ... off. ... is the only solution to go back on Prednisone
Last active: Oct 13, 2024
What justifies an increase in prednisone?
What justifies an increase in prednisone ... I have been tapering for 5 months. ... Her reasoning is that the prednisone ... off the med. ... Am I off base to wonder this?
Last active: Aug 8, 2024
Joint Clinical Guidelines for Prednisone Induced Adrenal Insufficiency
Joint Clinical Guidelines for Prednisone ... approached my low cortisol level when I tapered ... off prednisone. ... I couldn't continue my taper with ... doctor and don't listen to internet tapering
Last active: Dec 16, 2024
Kevzara Side Effects?
I'm thinking of going off Prednisone ... my forearms and tops of my hands is paper
Last active: 4 days ago
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