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Weaning off of prednisone & pain management

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Apr 28 2:43pm | Replies (56)
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@jen73

John, Thank you for the article. Very interesting. One Dr said no to it causing the PMR, my primary agrees that it triggered it. The pain is mostly in my thigh muscles and upper right arm .
The prednisone is definitely the magic pill as much as I hate being on it.
I take all kinds of natural supplements for the cholesterol, along with diet and exercise. Really working on getting it down on my own. I have become very drug wary.
Thanks for taking the time to answer, I really appreciate it. Hoping you stay in remission.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Mar 15 4:33pm

I was hesitant to take a statin for my cholesterol also and my first time with PMR was much worse than my second time much due to my making some lifestyle changes with eating healthier and exercising more. My first time took 3 and half years to get off of prednisone, the second time only 1 and half years. It's good to hear you are already taking advantage of that piece and working on getting the numbers down.

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