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When is your worse time of day with PMR?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 22 hours ago | Replies (16)
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I'm just wondering why doses of prednisone are so different. Some start at 10 15, you 30? I took 15 and after a daytime pain was gone. Went down to down to 10 and now reducing 1 mg every 3 weeks. Tapering is hell. Extreme fatigue, heart racing up to 173 and bad throat pain for 20 minutes! Anxiety
Well I said to the rheumatologist, I've had PMS, PMR, there's no PMQ is there?

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kjoed53 | @kjoed53 | 5 days ago

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Sometimes dosing is based on weight, but sometimes it's at the doctor's whim so to speak. My rheumatologist started me at 15mg and I may as well have taken a baby aspirin. It took 25mg for me to feel any relief, but I was 6'3" and 245# at the time. Some people have more severe symptoms too. Personally, I think there are different versions of what we call PMR.

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