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Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 11 hours ago | Replies (375)Comment receiving replies
Wow, 60 mg is a high dose, but not for GCA. And you're supposed to taper gradually off prednisone, not quit cold turkey.
On my first 40 mg I couldn't sleep much, but this time round I had no problem sleeping.
I hope you can get to the bottom of this and find out what's wrong.
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Like @tsc says, if they don't renew your prednisone prescription, make sure and ask if you need to taper off of it. It can be dangerous to stop taking it or cutting back too much, depending on your dose and how long you've been taking it.
I had bad insomnia too as long the dose was about 40 mg or higher. But I was sleeping about 5 hours a night. My sleep really improved once I got below 40.