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How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 6, 2023 | Replies (747)
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@dreamer38

Hello, John, I’m back again! Am now on 2.5 mgms Prednisone every other day and the PMR pain has returned...shoulders, neck, hips. As I phoned my rheumatologist yesterday and found out she is out of country, could you recommend anything that might help this pain???? I was told to take pain pills...Tylenol extra strength, 2 every six hours! Anything anyone could ‘throw in the pot’ would be gladly accepted!!!! Thanks.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Aug 31, 2019

Hi @dreamer38, are you able to try splitting the dosage so that you are taking some prednisone daily rather than every other day? When I was tapering off of prednisone I was taking 1/2 mg prednisone each day until I was finally able to taper off. I don't think regular pain pills work for PMR at least they never helped me or I would have never needed to start on prednisone. You could call your pharmacist and ask them and if you have enough pills until your rheumatologist gets back I would definitely do daily and not every other day.

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