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How does your pain come back when decreasing dosage?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (57)Comment receiving replies
The more I read other people's stories the more I have confidence in my rheumatologist. I was diagnosed with PMR as March and started on prednisone. I started at 30 mg and have been doing a slow taper. I am now on 3 mg. I am doing ok and was glad to read that the body must adjust to each taper. I find that to be true. My goal is to go off prednisone completely.
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@csimmonds
Interesting that you started at 30mg in March and now you are already down to 3mg , as my rheumatologist started me at 15mg one month ago and now has started to taper me off as I am responding well to the treatment.
I am now at 14mg but he is only tapering me at 1mg less each month, insisting that this is the proper protocol.
Thus, 15 months cure if all goes well.
And he said that 15mg was the maximum that one should be prescribed for PMR.
I am based in Belgium.