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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 25 12:07pm | Replies (41)
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Finding you have a chronic autoimmune disease is the worst. I am 12 years into a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. I’ve had to take prednisone a couple of times for flares. I was started at 20mg and tapered down and off over 16 days. But my question is .. Is 2mg therapeutic?
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Yes, it is for me. I wake up with extreme pain in my fingers and wrists as well as the usual pain in my hips and lower back. After 2 mgs. of Prednisone, the pain is gone in an hour. Yes, normally our pain is worst when we wake up and then tapers off, but this has me living pain free in my hands and wrists 15 of my 16 waking hours.