Clear Search

To narrow your search, try adding quotation marks around phrases.

Search tips
  • Search by keywords or complete phrases.
  • To narrow your search, try adding quotation marks around phrases.
  • Example: "predictable behavior" will narrow the search results to only include content that has the exact phrase "predictable behavior" in it.
2,854 total results
Discussions (133)
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
Autoimmune Hepatitis
were highly elevated and I was put on Prednisone ... and then weaned off for Azathioprine ... rising again and was placed back on a prednisone ... taper for one month (half way through ... anyone who may be on low dose ongoing prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Jun 3, 2025
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
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
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
New to this support group.
Started at 60 mg prednisone (to prevent ... and took me two years to taper off prednisone ... day for three weeks and then begin taper
Last active: Jun 12, 2025
Do we actually “recover”?
I have to taper off prednisone rather ... that there will be a time with no prednisone
Last active: May 14, 2025
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
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
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, 2025
Heat affects stamina?
At the moment I'm on 11 mg Prednisone ... and trying to taper off 1/2 mg every
Last active: Sep 9, 2025
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
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
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: Aug 12, 2025
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
PMR and Flu Vaccine
January 2025, and now successfully tapered ... off Prednisone after 6 months.
Last active: Nov 20, 2025
High eye pressure after cataract surgery
with all the eye drops and was put on predisone ... side effects still going on after tapering ... off.
Support Group: Eye Conditions
Last active: May 12, 2025
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