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Anti-inflammatory diet and supplements for PMR
months and have been taking 25 mg pf prednisone ... We have just started tapering the dose ... Will they help the tapering down of ... Prednisone work better? ... Can I wean off of the prednisone more
Last active: Jan 22, 2025
PCP advising fast taper
PCP advising fast taper ... I was tapering down and at 3mg, feeling ... My PCP said it was time to get off prednisone ... She gave me a taper schedule of 2mg ... I’m on the 4th day of no prednisone
Last active: Jul 7, 2025
Flareups, Prednisone, Tapering
Flareups, Prednisone, Tapering ... with PMI, the course of treatment is prednisone ... But let’s talk about tapering. ... is actually the result of weaning off ... Prednisone daily and am not a happy
Last active: Sep 29, 2025
Weaning off Prednisone
Weaning off Prednisone ... Prednisone with no stiffness or thigh ... Now, am trying to taper a bit more, ... Prednisone at night, I am ok. ... Is this Prednisone withdrawal not PMI
Last active: Aug 23, 2024
Methotrexate vs Prednisone
Methotrexate vs Prednisone ... and discussing with my Dr to ween off ... Prednisone while switching to methotrexate ... I do not like how prednisone makes me ... Also tapering on prednisone can be difficult
Last active: Aug 23, 2024
Prednisone Taper
Prednisone Taper ... Is it wise to take a prednisone taper ... rheumatologist asked if I wanted a prednisone ... taper starting at 20 mgs. for 5 days ... I had to be off my Orencia for almost
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Last active: Mar 1, 2024
Foot pain
It was relieved with prednisone, but ... three years on I’m almost tapered off ... With my prednisone taper, I also find
Last active: May 27, 2024
Bronchiectasis & Steroid Taper
Bronchiectasis & Steroid Taper ... advised by NJH to immediately begin a prednisone ... As my prednisone dosage reduced, I began ... as if I will never be able to get off ... prednisone.
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Dec 25, 2022
Shoulder arm pain while on steroids
or injuries while using long term Prednisone ... Is anyone aware if this can be a Prednisone ... I am tapering off Prednisone after 2.5
Last active: Jun 3, 2024
Switch to IVIG as medication for Clippers
as a medication that could replace prednisone ... I have been on 20 mg prednisone for ... with both medications and gradually taper ... off the prednisone.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Jun 17, 2025
2nd withdrawal of prednisone after initial Steroid avoidance protocol
Campath induction and on a rapid steroid taper ... and off prednisone by 4 days post. ... wondering if anyone has gone back off ... prednisone in this situation. ... t but my Mayo doctor says I can go off
Support Group: Transplants
Last active: Nov 16, 2020
Prednisone and blood glucose levels
Prednisone and blood glucose levels ... diagnosed with PMR and put on 20 mg prednisone ... I can't really taper off the prednisone
Last active: Feb 16, 2023
Confused: Tapering vs cold turkey stopping prednisone
Confused: Tapering vs cold turkey stopping ... prednisone ... My question was should I taper off 20 ... mg of prednisone or stop cold turkey
Last active: Jan 28, 2023
Fast Prednisone taper?
Fast Prednisone taper? ... issues I'm experiencing I need to taper ... off the prednisone fairly quickly. ... She wants me to taper as fast as possible ... down to 2.5 mg on Wednesday and be off
Last active: May 24, 2025
Has anyone used an anti inflammatory diet to get off prednisone ?
used an anti inflammatory diet to get off ... prednisone ? ... now and down to 2mg but each time I taper ... My goal has been to get off prednisone ... LDN and Celebrex (would like to get off
Last active: Sep 10, 2024
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: Dec 12, 2025
Prednisone tapering
Prednisone tapering ... 21 and I’m having a difficult time tapering ... off of the prednisone I was given along ... I’ve been tapering for 7 weeks from ... has not given me much support in the tapering
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 17, 2025
New to PMR diagnosis
took the initial diagnostic dose of tapered ... immediately so my Dr prescribed 5mg Prednisone ... started taking it yet.I am terrified of prednisone ... discussion about people trying to taper ... off Pred.
Last active: Apr 26, 2025
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
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