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The pros and cons of Prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 14 10:13am | Replies (34)
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@johnbishop

Hello @judygref, Welcome to Connect. I love the can do attitude! I think we all hated being on prednisone but oh that relief when it works. Slow and easy definitely helps with the tapering, at least for me anyway. My rheumatologist had me keep a daily log of my pain when I got up in the morning along with my dose for the day. When it came time for me to taper, he had me listen to my body. If my pain was significant (a 2 or above on my scale of 1 to 10), then we went a little longer on the same dose or bumped it up half of the last taper down to see if that controlled the pain. I also found that if I overdid any activity that could cause a flare up.

Do you keep a daily log?

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judygref | @judygref | Jun 11 4:45pm

I log my dosage on my calendar & try to stay on the same dose for 2 weeks at a time.
I have had minor increases in pain if I overdue my activity. Try to take Tylenol, sometimes Aleve, to get me through. Doesn't happen too often.

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