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Normal response after 5 days on prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 7, 2024 | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
Great advise. Thank you. I will try that. My prednisone is 10mg pills. How did you split the pills for a 2mg dose? Quartered?
If I don’t have better results I think my doc plans on doing something else but we’re not going there just yet. She also sent me for X-rays (which I did) and a sono in the near future. Thinking I have something going on in one of those areas and not PMR? I do believe it’s PMR.
I think she mentioned taking prednisone after breakfast or lunch because of the side effects (sleeping which hasn’t been great) but trying a small dose after dinner is definitely worth a try. Again, thank you.
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10mg pills won't let you adjust your dose accurately. You'd need smaller dose pills - they're necessary for when you start to reduce anyway. Can you get 1mg pills? I use only 5mg and 1mg tablets which makes it easy to split the dose and reduce by small increments. Always take prednisone with or after food or milk to protect the stomach.
Follow your doctor's advice rather than what you find here if you're not yet sure of the diagnosis. Let us know how your results go.