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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 3 hours ago | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
Has anyone experience chest pain being on prednisone? I have PMR and GCA and every time I take prednisone I get chest pains and of course gained 20 pounds. I also get headaches and insomnia. I’m waiting for actemra . I’m taking rinvoq as of now but it does not treat my PMR. So doctor changed it to Actemra. On tapering phase at 5 mg of prednisone. I have 5 more days left. I walk a mile and half 5 days a week eat 95% healthy and still gained 20 pounds.
Best wishes to everyone with this disease.
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@tweet When I was on a high dose of Prednisone (50 mg.) I had chest pains. It felt like an elephant sitting on my chest. I had an echocardiogram and it showed that everything was normal with my heart. The chest pains were one of many side effects I had from the Prednisone. They eventually went away, as I tapered my dose down.
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@tweet, I am so sorry to hear that you are having chest pains. I hope you have mentioned that to your doctor so that you can be appropriately evaluated. Is it possible that the Rinvoq could be causing the chest pain? I understand that chest pain can be a side effect from that medication. I had the same issue with weight gain from Prednisone despite even reducing my caloric intake, but I think that is one of the reasons they want to get us off of it as quickly as possible. Praying that you get some relief from Actemra! ❤️