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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
Kevzara and prednisone for almost a year-
Kevzara and prednisone for almost a ... I have been treated for PMR with prednisone ... Since getting back on the prednisone ... I have tried to taper down on the steriods
Last active: May 21 3:48pm
PMR questions about prednisone, surgery limitations, pain and more
PMR questions about prednisone, surgery ... I have heard that people taking Prednisone ... I started tapering my Pred. dose from
Last active: Feb 27, 2023
Deficient disaccharidase & inflammation in small intestine
They put him on prednisone for a 6 week ... run including the taper. ... After about a week on the predisone, ... This doctor had us taper more quickly ... Once he had to taper off the predisone
Support Group: Digestive Health
Last active: Dec 13, 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
Arthritic flare
I was put on high dose of Prednisone ... ( 50 mg) on a tapering schedule . ... As the Prednisone definitely helped
Last active: Mar 24, 2019
After PMR and return to good health
PMR for twenty months and thanks to Prednisone ... advice from Mayo Connect I was able to taper
Last active: Jan 19 8:26pm
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.
Last active: Apr 2, 2023
When your doctor stops prescribing prednisone
When your doctor stops prescribing prednisone ... So I have been on prednisone and plaq ... The problem is, I have tried to taper
Last active: Apr 29, 2022
Revisit the 'PMRandIL6' site _PMR needs NEW FACES of patients
insufficiency after Actemra allowed me to taper ... down to 3 mg of prednisone. ... You need to be less than 5 mg of prednisone ... Otherwise, prednisone will continue ... glands are functioning until your prednisone
Last active: Jun 18, 2023
Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone use
Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone ... 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
Actemra and interstitial lung disease and RA
My rheumatologist put me on a prednisone ... taper and that has helped somewhat.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Mar 13, 2023
My story may help
think we’ve all noticed that PMR and 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 ... The longer a person is on prednisone
Last active: Jul 6, 2023
Steps if exposed to Covid
Fall Covid booster, yet, as was on a prednisone ... taper and it's generally contraindicated
Support Group: MAC & Bronchiectasis
Last active: Oct 7, 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
Tapering angst
Tapering angst ... I thought I was doing a slow taper. ... By July I started taper to 6.5mg and ... I agreed to go back up to 10mg of prednisone ... Has anyone tapered more than once then
Last active: Aug 5, 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
Support Group: Lung Health
Last active: May 13, 2023
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
Is it ok to vent a little bit?
100mg hydroxychloroquine and 10 mg prednisone ... , tapered to 5 mg in the second month
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Nov 18, 2023
Golf and PMR
Presently on 5mg/day Prednisone from ... 6 mg/day and taper hasn’t been all
Last active: Oct 23, 2023