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I received my diagnosis today, 5/18/26 after the results from my blood test came in. I have been dealing with pain in my hips/legs primarily but also in my shoulder to a lesser extent over the last few months . I have been on 15mg prednisone for the last week, which helped a lot but when I wake up in the morning now I still have pain, though to a much lower level. I take my predisone early but it takes almost to midday for the prednisone to work. Is my dose too low since I have pain the next morning, or is my dose fine and this common for someone with PMR?

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@lhk2 I'm a bit surprised you weren't started on a higher dose of prednisone. Has your doctor mentioned when you will start tapering down?