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Prednisone and cardiac symptoms

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Mar 13 9:14pm | Replies (8)

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@johnbishop

Hi @prestol, I haven't experienced any cardiac related symptoms while I was on prednisone for my two occurrences of PMR. While you wait for members with experience to respond, here are the discussions and comments from members who have posted about cardiac symptoms and prednisone - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/?search=Prednisone%20and%20cardiac%20symptoms.

When is your echocardiogram and cardiology consult scheduled?

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Thanks, John, for the links. Both appointments are scheduled about a month from now. I am out of town for the next few weeks on a long-scheduled winter getaway, which I almost cancelled but am now glad I didn’t. Our mental health is important too! I am trying hard to adhere to a low-salt/high potassium diet to deal with the fluid retention, which also seems to be improving. I had labs to check my electrolytes just before leaving, and all were in the normal range, except that potassium was at the very low end of normal. I took furosemide for 5 days, and can restart it if needed. I’m not always sure when to contact my pcp (who has ordered all this) and when my rheumatologist.