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Any benefits to taking prednisone 5 mg for long Covid symptoms ?

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Aug 2 4:16pm | Replies (43)
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@sbschnell59

I suffered since 7/2020 got worse with time, chronic fatigue, pain all the joints hurt, lost too much weight without trying. Finally had blood drawn and my C-reactive protein was very high. Diagnosed with PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) from LC or the vaccine who knows which. I am on prednisone daily and it makes a world of difference. Not close to who i was, but can at least function. Now testing for MS.. You are a good hubby to help your wife. Thankfully I have a good one also. Take care and my best to you both.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Mar 6 8:37am

Hello @sbschnell59, I see you've been a member for awhile but this is your first post so I wanted to roll out the welcome mat for you. I'm sorry to hear you have joined the PMR club but really happy that you found relief with the prednisone. There are many discussions on PMR that you might find helpful. Here is a search link that shows the discussions and comments if you want to browse them - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=PMR

One of the best suggestions I had from my rheumatologist that diagnosed me with PMR the first time was to keep a daily log with my level of pain (1 to 10) and the dosage of prednisone for the day to help when I started tapering off. Do you keep a daily log?

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