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Has anyone with PMR and on a Prednisolone dose of around 10mg had a Gastroscopy and/or Colonoscopy. I’m having trouble getting an answer to this question and wondered if anyone here has been that route.
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Hey Jeff. I had a colonoscopy in January 2020. It was discovered that I had diverticulitis so they put me on an antibiotic called Cipro. 4 days into a 7 day regimen I had my first flare up of PMR. Of course, we didn't know what it was at the time and it took 3 months to diagnose PMR. I guess we will never know if the Cipro started PMR. I had just finished my breast cancer treatments in December, so my resistance might have been low (I'm 78). I was not taking Prednisone at the time of my colonoscopy so don't know if this answers your question. Good luck.