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Taking prednisone before sleep.
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Apr 16 7:39pm | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
Thanks Jeff.
You're probably right and 8mg is not enough to see me through a 24 hour period. I suppose I'll have to increase it a little again and see if that helps.
I definitely think I felt better today at times by taking one dose last night but I do keep crashing intermittently which feels awful.
I started on Actemra last week and injected again yesterday. So way too soon to make a difference of course.
I've had the tests for GCA after my PMR diagnosis and been told I definitely don't have it. I've had early signs of cateracts for a while but not bad enough yet to do anything about it. Apparently, prednisone can cause cateracts according to what I've read so, I imagine it will likely make existing cateract problems worse. It's not only blurred vision at the moment. It's sort of dizzy, spaced-out vision that makes things swim about in front of me. I've no idea what that is!
Many thanks for your help.
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Hopefully the Actemra will start helping you soon and you'll be able to start tapering the prednisone again.
I had mild cataracts before developing PMR and GCA, and they haven't changed any so far. I've been taking prednisone for 9 and a half months. I go to the ophthalmologist every 3 months to get my eyes checked. The last time I was there the pressure was up slightly in one eye, so that will have to be monitored. In addition to possibly making cataracts worse, the prednisone cause glaucoma.
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Thats how my vision seemed. There were times I could see very clearly. Then others were like opening your eyes under water. I also felt dizzy from it. I went to the eye Dr twice and nothing wrong. I have slight cataracts but like everything they say not bad for your age. I am 73. It all cleared up about 6-8 months after prednisone.