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Tingling and burning fingers, painful wrists in the morning
ago and rheumatologist prescribed prednison ... I took this for a few months and tapered ... off to 2 mg. ... especially left side) I do not take prednison ... lead to a wrong diagnose with the prednison
Last active: Dec 9, 2025
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
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 9 8:58pm
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: Jun 17, 2025
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: Oct 31, 2025
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, 2024
Anyone successfully treating PMR without Prednisone?
successfully treating PMR without Prednisone ... several years ago starting at 60mg prednisone ... I continued tapering over the following ... 6months then off. ... work so I am very fearful of taking Prednisone
Last active: Feb 18 6:57pm
Suspect Open Angle Glaucoma after seven months on prednisone
Angle Glaucoma after seven months on prednisone ... I started prednisone towards the end ... I began at 15 mg, and have tapered down ... once a day in the morning until I get off ... of the prednisone.
Last active: Nov 30, 2024
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 10 4:26pm
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, 2024
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
Any experience with Actemra - for my mom who is 90 years old
year-old mother has GCA and has been on prednisone ... is recommending Actemra so she can taper ... off the steroid. ... • Did it help reduce or stop the prednisone
Last active: Jul 14, 2025
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: Nov 7, 2025
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
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
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: Aug 14, 2024
Fight or flight continuous don’t know what to do
Neurology put me on prednisone which ... Restarted prednisone tapered off during ... taking prednisone noticed my HR would ... feeling week and shakes my feet feel off ... August I get few times episodes all off
Last active: Dec 27, 2024
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, 2025
Prednisone and Osteoperosis
Prednisone and Osteoperosis ... diagnosed with PMR and put on 20 mg Prednisone ... have not been able to successfully taeper ... off.
Last active: Aug 7, 2025