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Alternate days for Prednisone Dose
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Aug 8 11:02am | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
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.
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I chop up the pills myself, it's a pain dealing with the tiny pills. In Australia they only come in 1mg and 5mg. They disintegrate if I'm not careful, have to line up the score mark on the pill cutter to get half then very carefully cut the half again with a sharp knife. It's not precise but definitely working for me. It's a source of constant amazement to me that such a minute quantity of a drug can have a profound effect on my body !!! I notice the difference in pain levels within 3 days of such a minor change..if the pain doesn't settle after 3 days and I need Paracetamol to get me through the day, I know I need to wait a few extra days before making the next reduction. I believe I can get off the Prednisone completely but will probably need the Plaquinil (possibly at a higher dose) for quite a while in order to continue functioning.