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Weaning off of prednisone & pain management

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Oct 25 10:23am | Replies (156)

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@besmith57

I was diagnosed with PMR a month ago after excruciating pain to the point I had to get my walker back out from my lumbar fusion. I will be weaning off from 20mg to 15mg on Wednesday. I know I have to get off prednisone because of my osteoporosis. I'm so worried that my symptoms will come back. I also now have extremely dry eyes. My ophthalmologist told me I'm tearing off a layer of my retina when I wake up. I'm using eye drops and lubricants.to help, but my eyes still hurt, and my vision is sometimes very blurry. I guess I'm asking what I should expect while weaning. TIA

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@besmith57, I added your question about weaning off prednisone with PMR to this discussion:
- Weaning off of prednisone & pain management https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/weaning-off-of-prednisone-pain-management/

Dealing with dry eyes is not fun. There are many discussions dealing with dry eyes. You may wish to start here:
- How do you deal with dry eyes?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/dry-eyes-1/