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Alternate days for Prednisone Dose
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Aug 8 11:02am | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
I've tried a number of different tapering strategies but the one working well for me is 0.25mg every 7 to 10 days. Have been doing this since I got down to 8mg, now down to 4mg from a high of 25mg 11 months ago. Plaquinil has definitely helped. Still get a bit of PMR pain from time to time but manage with Paracetamol. CPR markers show that inflammation is receding and my energy level is increasing. There is light at the end of the tunnel !! The anti- inflammatory diet is important for me, it took a while and a lot of trial and error but I eventually figured out what triggers an increase in pain. It is a long, slow, lonely and torturous journey and a steep learning curve but thank God for this forum. We would be lost without it.
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So true about anti inflammatory diet. I have always eaten healthy and loved my fitness and pretty sure my diet helped me get back to serious exercise after each joint replacement due to OA. When this hit me like a ton of bricks a voice in my head kept screaming why me? Probably hereditary on my part. Do you chop your pill into quarters yourself or does it come in correct dose. Asking as getting help or advice from my Dr surgery in the UK is like playing the lottery. I will be interested in seeing how you progress. You are right about this forum as else where on google etc it is just same old same old which is very frustrating. Well apart from a study done on rats in Sweden 1997 I believe. They delayed starting the treatment for 3 weeks on some and they had a better outcome. I delayed going to Dr for 3 weeks so hope I am one of the lucky rats.