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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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@johnbishop

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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dreamer38 | @dreamer38 | Aug 31, 2019

Thanks for such a fast reply, John. When you had a recurrence of PMR, did it start up again in the same manner?

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lindapc | @lindapc | Sep 1, 2019

Hello everyone, well after feeling good about getting down to 1mg I too have had a relapse, after being on 1mg for around 2 months and slight pain in my shoulders it has now turned and I have unbearable pain in my neck shoulder and arm. The pain is constant but I have burst of pain so bad I can hardly stand it. Is this normal, as previously I had the pain all the time and once I started on Prednisone it lessened to a slight ache. I have increased to 2mg but has not made any difference and the pain is wearing me down...don't really want to push the prednisone to a higher dose, can anyone recommend some other alternative. Pain relief is not making any difference.

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