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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
Can PMR present in the clavicle too?
I’ve been treated with prednisone and ... dropped below 5 mg of prednisone, it ... since tried three more times to get off ... off. ... and now I’m worried she’ll cut me off
Last active: Feb 14 6:24am
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
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, 2024
Just Started Actemra
March 2022 and felt like 25 mg of Prednisone ... dramatically as soon as we started to taper ... my Prednisone dose. ... after 2 + years I am still on 20 mg of Prednisone ... after 2 shots I ended up being taken off
Last active: Dec 28, 2024
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
PMR and Fatigue. Interesting study
can cause fatigue especially as you taper ... "If you abruptly stop taking prednisone ... or taper off too quickly, you may experience ... swings https://www.mayoclinic.org/prednisone-withdrawal
Last active: Sep 27, 2024
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, 2024
Knee pain and PMR?
end of October 2024 and have been on prednisone ... ever since and tapering. ... until I wean off of it. ... pain, I should stay the course on prednisone ... for now because prednisone is not a
Last active: Feb 20 11:28am
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, 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: May 21, 2024
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: Nov 23, 2024
Kevzara Side Effects?
I'm thinking of going off Prednisone ... my forearms and tops of my hands is paper
Last active: Nov 11, 2024
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
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, 2024
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, 2024
Abdominal discomfort, bloating and acid reflux
with PMR and was started on 20 mg prednisone ... that I had been going too fast to taper ... off the prednisone. ... promised myself I won't rush the tapering ... this possibly be a side effect of prednisone
Last active: Feb 22 3:28pm
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
New member with PMR
counselor) I’m just winging it with the prednisone ... as my PCP wasn’t sure what the taper ... She wants me off of it ASAP. ... wants me down to 10 mg by then and taper
Last active: Mar 17 11:59am