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Cut back from 1mg prednisone to 1/2mg and shoulder arm pain returns

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 11 11:29am | Replies (12)
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@art43

At 3.5, (tapering 0.5 per month) I had several periods of level 3 to 4 pain in one shoulder only. Rather than think about increasing prednisone, and because you are not supposed to mix NSAIDS with prednisone, I asked my doc about trying an Aleve. The answer was that since I was on such a low dose, I could try an Aleve as long as I took a Prilosec as well. I did this twice, separated by a few days. That immediately ended the problem, and I am now at 3 and have not had shoulder (or any) pains since for several weeks.
There can be better ways other than increasing prednisone to deal with non-PMR inflammation. See if your doc will let you try them.

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jlo2252 | @jlo2252 | Sep 8 5:30am

@art43
During a bad flare of my inflammatory arthritis ( I could not walk!) my doctor had me on prednisone and an NSAID called meloxicam. She also had to put me on Carafate to protect my GI tract since I normally cannot take NSAIDS due to negative side effects.
Thank goodness there is way to mix prednisone and NSAIDS together, but only when it is absolutely necessary!!

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