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Autoimmune changes
after I was diagnosed with PMR, the prednisone ... have no itches...until now, when my taper ... autoimmune issues have been hidden by prednisone ... realized that PMR was taking a few days off
Last active: Dec 12, 2023
How hard is it to get on Actemra (Tocilizumab) with PMR?
and I'm currently on 60 mg of prednisone ... seen, Actemra (Tocilizumab) helps in tapering ... off prednisone. ... Actemra , it would have to be an "off-label
Last active: Apr 2, 2023
Non-bilateral neck pain
responded immediately to a 15 mg dosage of Prednisone ... I’ve been tapering since the original ... discomfort has returned with each taper ... I’ve had this pain off and on for more ... occasional dry eye which I attribute to the Prednisone
Last active: Jun 27, 2023
Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? FDA approved for GCA
I have taken prednisone daily since ... My average prednisone dose over the ... had given up hope that I would ever taper ... off prednisone.Twelve years of prednisone ... been even more complicated but I was prednisone
Last active: May 21 8:50pm
Deficient disaccharidase & inflammation in small intestine
run including the taper. ... After about a week on the predisone, ... This doctor had us taper more quickly ... off of the predinsone because she reviewed ... Once he had to taper off the predisone
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Dec 13, 2022
Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis Question
right now..im on Methotrexate and tapering ... off Prednisone..my symptoms that got
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Aug 11, 2022
GCA Relapse - A Slow Burn
I thought I was doing so well, off Prednisone ... in Nov. 2023, a year after stopping Prednisone ... Rheumatologist prescribed a quick pack Prednisone ... m back in the saddle again, taking Prednisone ... the next two weeks, then starting a taper
Last active: May 2 1:22pm
Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone use
Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone ... to happen to me pain-wise when I go off ... 7 months before I would if I tapered ... I got PMR in August and have been tapering
Last active: Feb 28 9:45am
Autoimmune attacking my lungs
I was given prednisone 20mg In June ... and now am tapered off to 5 mg.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Mar 16, 2023
Prescribed Ofev, anyone have experience with this drug?
given an antibiotic and later took a prednisone ... taper which helped some. ... I was given 40 mgs. of prednisone and ... how much longer I'll need to be off
Support Group: Lung Health
Last active: May 13, 2023
Sugar and PMR
symptoms, even as I'm working at tapering ... off prednisone at the same time. ... noticed that the two times I fell off
Last active: May 24 7:18pm
PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?
Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone ... I've been on the PMR/Prednisone ... appetite--for which I tried to stave off ... These days, I've tapered down to ... an alternative to allow me to hop off
Last active: Jan 11 7:08am
My story may help
who are having difficulty getting off ... prednisone. ... I was on prednisone for 11 months all ... 10 mg within a few weeks and then tapering ... I ran out of prednisone and could not
Last active: Jul 6, 2023
Pericarditis Concern
cardiologist put me on Colcrys and Prednisone ... 60mg (taper does) Any time we get down ... to 5mg of the prednisone, I have an ... We tried to taper off the prednisone ... (I'm still taking prednisone 7.5mg daily
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Last active: Dec 21, 2015
Lichen planus and Pregnancy hormones
I go on strong prednisone treatment ... I tapered off in July 2018 and was busy
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Jan 19, 2019
Has anyone tried Yupelri or Zephyr implant?
me from the hospital and kept me on Prednisone ... It does not seem like a taper off: 10 ... I have been on about 20-30 mg. of Prednisone
Support Group: Lung Health
Last active: Apr 4, 2021
PMR with normal blood markers
PMR and have been fine after getting off ... be caused by a virus being fought off ... after the second vaccine shot....then tapered ... off a little after the 3rd. ... but they are all scared to give me Prednisone
Last active: Oct 19, 2023
Migraine for 28 days and counting HELP
They are: Prednisone 60mg (6) days ... then taper off for (5) days Midrin ... To top it off because I’ve had this
Support Group: Brain & Nervous System
Last active: Dec 13, 2018