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@eparnold0219

The first video at the start of this discussion mentions "split dose' at the 4 minute mark of the video. It is not recommended unless patients have significant pain at night.

I split my dose and was able to sleep all night without pain. It is sometimes called B-I-D dosing in the video. When I stopped having pain at night -- I stopped splitting my dose. I didn't split my dose for the whole duration of my treament of PMR. When I spit my dose. it was amazing how well it worked to relieve the night time pain I had. I usually did 2/3 of my dose in the morning and 1/3 of my dose in the evening. It shouldn't be a 50/50 split. The bigger portion should be in the morning. As usual ... discuss this with your doctor.

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@dadcue Transitioning to one dose sounds like an art form. I will contact my Rheumy. Thanks!