← Return to How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Discussion

How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 6, 2023 | Replies (747)
Comment receiving replies
@sammiesarah

Hi:I am a 53 year old female , diagnosed with PMR when I was 51. We are both very young to have PMR from what they tell me. Stress can play a part in PMR, but I think genetics and environment are equally blamed. I have been tapering for the last two years on prednisone. Be very cautious to not come down too fast. It can really set you back on progress. I hope you have better luck with all of this than I have. It has been a tough 2 years but from what the doctors tell mew I have a very stubborn case of PMR.

Jump to this post

Replies to "Hi:I am a 53 year old female , diagnosed with PMR when I was 51. We..."
ambershe | @ambershe | Mar 23, 2019

Hi, I wondered if we were considered young to have PMR. I was told it can start when you hit 50. Mine started 8 months ago, and I am 52 yrs old. I agree that stress will play a big part in this. I just got back from a week long vacation to Mexico and a day before I left lowered the prednisone to 5.5mg. I had no issues at all lowering the meds, which makes me think that having no work stress etc is what caused a lot of this in the first place. I am wondering now if I should lower the prednisone again or if it is too fast, as last time I got done to 4.5mg but was in a fair amount of pain.

VIEW AND REPLY