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PMR - Decreased prednisone and pain returned
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Mar 19 10:14am | Replies (169)Comment receiving replies
@marymckeith your adrenal glands should be working by now. I would have the testing done since your off prednisone. I would do that before I would just start up prednisone again. If your adrenals are working then why go back. Prednisone is a drug designed to treat inflammation. It can make many types of diseases feel better. But I would say the last drug you want to get stuck on. There are many drugs for pain or RA. Maybe a cortisone shot in the shoulder. My mother is 94. she just had a procedure for spinal stenosis. Crippling pain but she is back walking every day.
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@tuckerp I have had many cortisone shots and they balk at giving me more. Meanwhile I am suffering. I really hate to go back on Prednisone. I am so tired of being told to go to physical therapy or blithely being told to have surgery which my primary doctor won’t agree to. You would think there would be something intermediate they could do. My rheumatologist also suggested going to a pain doctor but I have friends who tried that and gave it up. I have tried biologics for RA too and nothing seems to work for me. However, I agree with you that starting prednisone is a risky move. I may go back once more to my orthopedist to see if he has anything to suggest. Thank you.