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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 8 11:23pm | Replies (2096)Comment receiving replies
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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I have experienced this same issue- The effect of the prednisone takes a while to kick in. Usually it’s because I’ve taken it later than I normally do or I’ve tapered recently. I hope with time you will get relief earlier in the day.
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Perhaps ask your doctor if you can split your prednisone dose; ie. 10mg in morning and 5 in the evening. This helped me a lot and I wake with far less pain and stiffness. It did not really affect my sleep that much.
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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?