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Symptoms after you stop prednisone
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 7 7:54pm | Replies (87)Comment receiving replies
My Dr wants me off prednisone by Christmas. I have been on it for a year and no relief. I was also on methatraxate for 14 weeks with no apparent results.
I’m sore/stiff like a 7-8 in the morning when I start Tylenol. By late afternoon I have some relief 2/3. Comments??
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I was diagnosed with PMR in March with immediate benefit from prednisone. After several months methotrexate was added with the goal of tapering off prednisone. However I was unable to decrease the prednisone and Kevzara was added. I think the methotrexate rather than the prednisone was responsible for my hair loss. I am now off both methotrexate and prednisone but I still have some pain in my shoulders and upper arms which is tolerable though hardly what I would wish for. My inflammatory factors (C reactive protein and sed rate) which were sky high when I was diagnosed are now within normal limits. What does that mean? Does one treat the symptoms or the blood tests?
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Ask your dr abt Kevzara….its a biologic that has been successful for me getting off prednisone.
If you have not done so already, try Tylenol for Arthritis 2 at up to. 3 times daily.