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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 27, 2021 | Replies (67)

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@johnbishop

Hello @drtiminaz, How is your PMR going, have you been able to taper off of the Prednisone yet? My PMR has been in remission since early 2018 when I was able to taper off of Prednisone without much pain. Hope you are doing well.

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Thanks for checking in John. I reduced the Prednisone by 2.5 mg two weeks ago so down from 20 mg to 17.5 mg. The plan is to drop another 2.5 mg every month for the next three months so by mid-October I’ll be at 10 mg and will reduce .5 to 1 mg monthly from there forward and adjust as necessary. I’ve been able to live my life as normal as possible and have been averaging 7 - 8 miles a day hiking north of Tucson so no leg issues. I have noticed if I do a lot of things with my hands, especially if I’ve had a busy day where I’m overly exhausted, my hands will cramp up and my fingers will involuntarily point in different directions. Very weird! Also on my sides about chest high I have lots of little round flat blood blisters under the skin. They aren’t raised just looks like red dots. Anyway maybe that’s a function of the Prednisone. Oh well, life’s good at 70!