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Your comment prompted me to take mine just now. I am on BP meds pre-PMR as well. I haven’t taken my pressure in a while because it seemed ok. I’ve reduced my prednisone from 3.5 to 3 about 1 &1/2 weeks ago. Awful sleep last night w/a headache in the middle of the night into today. I also have a neck ache so wondering if that’s what causing the headache. Anyway my BP numbers were horrible. I’d better monitor now and if it doesn’t go down I’ll have to contact Dr. not sure if I notify rheumatologist who is an hr away or my local family practitioner! So thanks for your post.

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Elevated Bp must be a common problem. Also gastrointestinal issues. I’m dealing with both. Just decreased to 4 mg from 5 today. When I visited my rheumatologist 2 weeks ago my Bp was 164 and somehow my primary care got word of it.
She had me track my bp for a week and numbers weren’t good. I’ve doubled my meds and still getting high numbers. Prednisone has caused both problems and can’t wait to eliminate it from my life.
My primary care doctor is out of the office too for the holidays. It is hard to consult with someone who doesn’t really know you.
Hope we survive this!