I believe prednisone was causing dramatic increases in my blood pressure. There wasn't any other reason for my blood pressure to be that high. I needed blood pressure medications the entire time I was taking prednisone. I was only 52 years old when I was diagnosed with PMR. I had no history of cardiovascular disease and no reason to expect that I would have high blood pressure. I was able to discontinue prednisone at the age of 65.

A year after getting off prednisone I started to complain of dizziness. My blood pressures was getting too low. My blood pressure medications were stopped one by one. I'm almost 70 and now I am off all my heart medications.