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OTC pain relief while on Prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
Hi there, your situ seems pretty much the same as mine. I got diagnosed three weeks ago although I’d had it for three weeks prior. Unfortunately, I’m one of those people that just woke up one morning and had PMR. I’m currently on 10 mg of prednisone and it seems to work in the most part, but between 2 and 4 am I wake up really sore. It is as if the prednisone has now worn off. So I now take the prednisone at that time with a paracetamol (OTC) and then go back to sleep. Most of the time I’ll wake up okay. A bit sore but not so bad. This group is great for answering many of my questions
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@colleennz So your sleep is not disrupted by taking the Prednisone in the middle of the night as some here have warned?
Yes, I too am a PMR newbie relative to most here -- just woke up with it one day about 7 weeks ago and got diagnosed last week.
The 15mg Prednisone successfully conquers the pain and stiffness throughout my body with the exception of my left shoulder joint from 3:00 a.m. to wake up time. If I could just fix that I would be able to sleep and enjoy all the benefits that entails.
Starting today I am planning to try the suggestions above to split my dose (66% in the morning and 33% with dinner), and try the Arthritis formulation (i.e., time-release) of Tylenol/paracetamol. So far, Tylenol doesn't seem to help me at all (even 1,000mg).
Good luck colleennz!