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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 26 7:54am | Replies (115)
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I started on 15 mg prednisone, went up to 20 a week later. I finally saw the rheumatologist a few weeks later who put me on 40 mg, to taper by 5 mg every week. I started to feel a bit better by the end of the 35 mg, but when I got down to 30 mg my pain skyrocketed again, and mobility decreased. My CRP blood test went up to nearly 60. The rheum added weekly methotrexate Dec 23, and based on blood tests increased the prednisone back to 40 mg on Dec 30, no taper. I've been feeling better since the second week of January so on my own have decreased prednisone to 35 mg (no taper) to see what will happen. The methotrexate seems to make a big difference, but the side effects aren't great, nausea, fatigue, and now painful mouth ulcers. I haven't been offered Actemra, maybe it's not available in Canada? Anyway, hope you're feeling better on it and the side effects aren't too bad.