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Pred every other day

Has anyone had experience with: A) taking pred every other day? or B) toggling the dose of every second day down to 0, and then trying to reduce the remaining...

Has anyone had experience with: A) taking pred every other day? or B) toggling t...

Meg1711b

•7 years ago

21 Replies

Still here still fighting

Hi everyone it's been a long time since I have written on here , it's now been 4 years since all this started, my husband and I separated and I moved from...

Hi everyone it's been a long time since I have written on here , it's now been 4...

lynabelle

•7 years ago

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Hair loss through predisilone

I have had GCA sine last July finally managed to get from 40mg to 10 seem stuck. But I have noticed my hair getting thinner, luckily I have a good head of...

I have had GCA sine last July finally managed to get from 40mg to 10 seem stuck....

Carolred

•7 years ago

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Scared to reduce Pred

Went on essential business Trip to Tunis last week for 5 days, now I am absolutely shattered sleeping most of the last 3 days, Face and scalp ache, also around...

Went on essential business Trip to Tunis last week for 5 days, now I am absolute...

zarzis

•7 years ago

16 Replies

Advice

Hi, I was diagnosed with PMR in November and started on 15mg pred. I have gradually reduced to 10mg going up and down a couple of times when the pain came...

Hi, I was diagnosed with PMR in November and started on 15mg pred. I have gradua...

HighlandCat

•7 years ago

24 Replies

Newly Diagnosed

Hello I was finally given a diagnosis of PMR (previously Fibromyalgia then Osteoarthritis) and felt miraculously better within 48 hours of taking Prednisolone...

Hello I was finally given a diagnosis of PMR (previously Fibromyalgia then Osteo...

ValFF53

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Advice please

I have been on preds for over4years I have tried many times to slowly come down but every time I get down to 4mg all the symptoms come back .My Dr sent me to...

I have been on preds for over4years I have tried many times to slowly come down ...

jillianb

•7 years ago

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sunshine while on prednisone

have booked usual annual one week away in march, cuba, but am wondering what further precautions one should take, when away and wanting to take in beach, sun,...

have booked usual annual one week away in march, cuba, but am wondering what fur...

arvine

•7 years ago

5 Replies

New drug Myfenax

Hi Folks, this is my 1st post, I was diagnosed with GCA in October and I am down to 20 mg pred but my Rheumy has also has me on Myfenax (Mycophenolate...

Hi Folks, this is my 1st post, I was diagnosed with GCA in October and I am down...

stepel11

•7 years ago

7 Replies

7 years on

Hi I'm Christine and new to Health unlocked . I woke one morning 7 yes 7 years ago coming up to my 60th birthday unable to get out of bed /use the loo/without...

Hi I'm Christine and new to Health unlocked . I woke one morning 7 yes 7 years a...

alexgranma13

•7 years ago

46 Replies

Anti-inflammatory?

Does anyone have any views, information or experiences of CBD (cannabidiol) with regards to it's supposed anti-inflammatory properties?

Does anyone have any views, information or experiences of CBD (cannabidiol) with...

tgca

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Couldn't have done it without you

I just want to say thank you to everyone who contacted me as a new user to the forum. I have taken to heart all the excellent advice I have been given and to...

I just want to say thank you to everyone who contacted me as a new user to the f...

Hidden

•7 years ago

16 Replies

PMR info needed

Hoping to connect with others who share my pain

Mbln

•7 years ago

9 Replies

GCA - Prednisolone. Help?

New to this website. I was diagnosed with GCA (Temporal Arteritis) in Nov 2016. [ESR = 86]. Started on 40mg Pred for a month; then gradually started to...

New to this website. I was diagnosed with GCA (Temporal Arteritis) in Nov 201...

BonnyQuine

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Reducing pred

Hi everyone haven't wrote anything for a while! I have been plodding on taking pred now for almost a year for GCA started at 70 had a few blips but managed to...

Hi everyone haven't wrote anything for a while! I have been plodding on taking ...

Wendy-woo2

•7 years ago

7 Replies

on prednisone since oct, for pmr, not officially diagnosed

just got results from gp re physical had a week ago, everything as far as cholestrol, sugar levels, blood pressure, heart lungs etc all good, no more blood in...

just got results from gp re physical had a week ago, everything as far as choles...

arvine

•7 years ago

4 Replies

fatigue hits like brick at times on prednisone

most mornings i am up between 4:30 to 6:30, go to bed 11-12, some days takes 3, 4 5 hrs or more before shoulder pain (although not like it was in beginning) to...

most mornings i am up between 4:30 to 6:30, go to bed 11-12, some days takes 3, ...

arvine

•7 years ago

20 Replies

hair thinning on prednisone

i started on high dose, of pred 40mg, oct 12, now down to 17.5, still having some shoulder pain and stiffness in mornings, but much less, but now ive noticed...

i started on high dose, of pred 40mg, oct 12, now down to 17.5, still having so...

arvine

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Not sure which drug is best

Hi guys I need some advice again x my rheumy has put my pred up again which is fine but because the results are slow he is concerned that the dose is still too...

Hi guys I need some advice again x my rheumy has put my pred up again which is f...

Woodiesmum

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Frequency of Prescriptions

I am given one month's supply of prednisolone at a time. Is this the case for everyone? I pay for my prescriptions so, as this condition seems to last for...

I am given one month's supply of prednisolone at a time. Is this the case for ev...

margiebell4

•7 years ago

24 Replies

New to forum

Hi, I am from the UK but have been living in Central America for 2 years and thankfully I'm due to return to the UK at the end of February. About 5 weeks ago I...

Hi, I am from the UK but have been living in Central America for 2 years and tha...

Hidden

•7 years ago

37 Replies

Forum for Meniere's for Friend

I have a friend that is suffering from Meniere's and is looking for a good support group. The only community she found was DeafPlus on Healthunlocked. Any...

I have a friend that is suffering from Meniere's and is looking for a good suppo...

Marie1479

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Steroid dementia syndrome.

Sorry cannot cut and paste, but found this on Wikipedia. Says memory loss isn't always fully reversible after taking steroids. Upset. Sorry to be harbinger...

Sorry cannot cut and paste, but found this on Wikipedia. Says memory loss isn't...

Stroppymoo

•7 years ago

3 Replies

Weight loss

Hi all I posted a couple of weeks ago about no weight loss and still having weight gain even avoiding sugar, andI was eating a lot of fruit. Many thanks to...

Hi all I posted a couple of weeks ago about no weight loss and still having wei...

Riversnan

•7 years ago

41 Replies

LATEST STUDY: TURMERIC (CURCUMIN) HAS NO THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT

The following is from "Deceptive Spice Extract Offers Cautionary Tale for Chemists" published in The Scientific American January 11, 2017: Inside the...

The following is from "Deceptive Spice Extract Offers Cautionary Tale for Chemis...

Admiral06

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Pulled muscles or PMR pain?

Hello everyone, A quick question if I may. I'm 7 months post PMR diagnosis and reducing prednisolone ( now down to 8mg ) and in general feeling ok. However...

Hello everyone, A quick question if I may. I'm 7 months post PMR diagnosis and ...

MrsMac03

•7 years ago

15 Replies

turmeric capsule for inflammation

just some information re turmeric capsules, i was excited to try these for some ongoing pain in shoulders, with pmr, as told by my own brother he takes...

just some information re turmeric capsules, i was excited to try these for some ...

arvine

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Atenolol problems

I was prescribed Atenolol a few months ago for steroid induced raised blood pressure and haven't really felt well since. I am on 25 mgs although the GP wanted...

I was prescribed Atenolol a few months ago for steroid induced raised blood pres...

SheffieldJane

•7 years ago

21 Replies

Steroids

I was given Prednisone 10mg 5 tabs daily for three days only and my body feels tight and legs numb and swollen. Most part and ugly feeling is my chest feels...

I was given Prednisone 10mg 5 tabs daily for three days only and my body feels t...

Vlove5

•7 years ago

3 Replies

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All posts for February 2017

Pred every other day

Still here still fighting

Hair loss through predisilone

Scared to reduce Pred

Advice

Newly Diagnosed

Advice please

sunshine while on prednisone

New drug Myfenax

7 years on

Anti-inflammatory?

Couldn't have done it without you

PMR info needed

GCA - Prednisolone. Help?

Reducing pred

on prednisone since oct, for pmr, not officially diagnosed

fatigue hits like brick at times on prednisone

hair thinning on prednisone

Not sure which drug is best

Frequency of Prescriptions

New to forum

Forum for Meniere's for Friend

Steroid dementia syndrome.

Weight loss

LATEST STUDY: TURMERIC (CURCUMIN) HAS NO THERAPEUTIC BENEFIT

Pulled muscles or PMR pain?

turmeric capsule for inflammation

Atenolol problems

Steroids

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