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Diagnosed with PMR 16 days ago.

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 27, 2025 | Replies (56)

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Started split dosing this past Saturday ( without dr approval) was in pain most of the morning and shoulder mobility was nonexistent. Changed to 20mg at 7am, then 10mg at 12:30pm. Taking that 10 later has been keeping me in the therapeutic zone from 4am to the next morning dose and has been working well. After discussion with my pcp Today. We agreed to take the second dose between 2-3 pm. So we’ll see how that goes.
He also did a referral to the rheumatologist.

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Wonderful!!

Taking Prednisone is more like art than science. What art I like might not be something you would like and vice versa. Tweak the art a bit and you might start to like it ... so long as your doctor likes it too.

I actually needed less Prednisone when I split my dose compared with when I took one big dose in the morning. I could taper to a lower dose faster too.