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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 19 5:47pm | Replies (38)
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So sorry you did not get the pain relief on your first dosing of prednisone. This just shows how everyone is different.
However, if the right dose is given there is usually an immediate effect with most patients. Sorry that yours took a little longer ☹️
Are you being treated for your osteoporosis? I’m receiving a yearly infusion of Reclast to counteract the prednisone I’ve taken off and on for years.
Hope your journey gets better from here…
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I finished taking Prednisone in early July after a slow taper of .25mg toward the end. At that point the orthopedist said I was told to take a vacation from Alendronate for my osteoporosis for a year, with another bone density scan to be taken at that point; it had been 14 years, with a six-month "vacation" some years ago.
Wouldn't say that I'm back to where I was pre-PMR (some aches and pains that I'm sure weren't there before), but at least I'm fully functional. I'm also 80 and relatively unscathed up to this point. Have to say that it is worrisome when any arm pain hangs around since I'm always afraid that the PMR might be returning, but at least I have plenty of Prednisone at the back of the cupboard. When you have been dividing pills into eight itty bitty pieces, you tend to have leftovers.