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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 28 5:49am | Replies (313)
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I'm just wondering if you (or anyone) checks with their rheumatologist every time you either drop down a dose of Prednisone or increase it. I've been on Prednisone for a year and a half and have seesawed from 10 mgs down to 2 mgs. I'm starting to feel the aches come back. Up to now I've always checked with my rheumatologist but wondering if some of you who have been on Prednisone for much longer figure out your own schedule.
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@ncgal, For both of my two occurrences with PMR and tapering off of prednisone the rheumatologist left it up to me but did provide some suggestions the first time my PMR was active. I just listened to my body and how I felt and used a daily pain scale log with the prednisone dosage I was taking. When the pains and aches were more than I could deal with I stayed at the same dosage a few days to see if it would get better, if not I did a really small bump in the dose - 1mg or 1/2mg, to see if I felt better the next day and so forth. Having multiple size tablets prescribed really helped me taper down. I used 5mg, 2.5mg and 1mg tablets for the most part when my PMR was active.