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Holistic medicine approach to PMR

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 1 hour ago | Replies (63)

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@tuckerp

yes. As you have indicated. "If you stay on high dose prednisolone for several days the ACTH will be fully suppressed and the adrenal glands won’t make any cortisol for that whole period. If you stay on prednisolone for several weeks, the adrenal glands will start to shrink, and waste away." https://www.impendo.co.uk/prednisolone/prednisolone-in-vasculitis-and-cortisol-suppression
Other than the items you mentioned, I know of no other natural producers. Addison disease is the adrenal crisis and they use corticosteroids to treat it.

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Egad! PMR is a no win situation? Pain vs screw up your endocrine system? How positively encouraging. *sighing*

Thank you for your thoughts and concerns. I was able to get off Prednisone for treatment of PMR in the past but that was 19 years ago when I was younger. PMR is an enigma to me.