@jallenaz I know I was probably told to take the prednisone with a meal or when eating something but I really never did that. I'm wondering if others in the discussion always took the prednisone with a meal. I've only been told to take this medicine with food or milk to avoid stomach irritation and my stomach was never irritated when I took it without food. I would sometimes have a small glass of skim milk to take it along with blood pressure medications.

Hi, I’m 73, on my 3rd bout of PMR, though in retrospect, think my last 2 bouts are the same bout and I got off prednisone too quickly. This bout was diagnosed in December, but I knew it was there in November, just couldn’t get an appointment. My first bout was 15 years ago, so I had a long remission. I currently take 6-7 mg of prednisone a day, 1-2 mg at noon and 5 mg at 9 at night. You might check with your physician about taking the prednisone at a time you eat. I need to take the prednisone in the evening to prevent symptoms at night. I always take it with 6 crackers (wheat thins or other small cracker) and about an ounce of cheese. I have done a lot of my own research and haven’t found a way to prevent recurrence. I always exercise, eat well. I am a retired RDN, diabetes educator and work to keep my weight stabile. There were plenty of stressors in my life during the time PMR was in remission. All of a sudden, it was back, with no specific stressor. There are many things about PMR we don’t understand. I have decided to just focus on continuing to live as healthy lifestyle as I can and be glad that prednisone relieves the symptoms for me. I am going really slow on decreasing prednisone this time. On my first bout, I took prednisone for 2 years, was in remission for 12. On my second bout, I got off prednisone in 10 months, but it was back in 10 months, which seems to indicate to me that it was never really in remission. Best wishes to you with this frustrating condition