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How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 6, 2023 | Replies (747)Comment receiving replies
@johnbishop..thanks for info, John. When you ‘bumped’ up your Prednisone, have you any idea how long you waited before ‘bumping’. I see the rheumy tmo, and I know she has talked about the handling of the pain, but truly, I don’t know how long to gauge the length of time when I must add more meds. I do like the fact that your rheumy wrote a script for 1 mg pred so you could add same if/when needed! I’m on quite a few meds and am very leery about taking more of one thing! Thanks for any wise words you can think of. When your pain was really bad, were you able to walk and did it help?
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@dreamer38 I normally waited a few days to make a change just to see if it was an overnight thing with the additional pain level. If the pain level didn't increase and it was tolerable I let it go another day to see if it would stay the same or get better. Some instances I found that the pain level decreased a little the next day. I'm sure it's different for each of us so it's something you just have to experiment with by making small changes up or down. My small was usually 1 mg or 1/2 mg prednisone. I found a good pill cutter and could cut the 1 mg tablets fairly easy.