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First meeting with Rheumatologist for PMR, need suggestions

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 16 10:54am | Replies (16)
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@wfroslansky

I have been on 15mg of prednisone for weeks and I am much improved. I am not symptom free, still achy in shoulders. Should I be entertaining the idea to ask to increase the dose to say 20? My inflammation rate is down to 9 from 42 so there is improvement. In conversation with my primary about this. Thanks

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dorlera | @dorlera | Jul 16 10:54am

I thought the same thing as you after my first few weeks on 20 mg per day but my rheumatologist has only ever put me on lower doses. Reading these wonderful posts has given me much more understanding of what is happening, and I see that the pain, especially in the morning, is normal. It had been almost 4 Mos on Prednisone and I am now on 10 one day and 12.5 the next. I've added Methotrexate weekly, so we'll see what that does. Good luck!

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