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Anyone have discomfort or pain when tapering off prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 22 7:45pm | Replies (144)Comment receiving replies
Hi @monami, welcome. @pacarolyn started a discussion about back and shoulder pain that may interest you.
- Persistent pain in top left side of back below the shoulder https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/persistent-pain-in-top-left-side-of-back-below-the-shoulder/
You might also be interested in this related discussion about tapering off of prednisone.
- PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages/
Monami, can you explain what you mean by 3 dose of prednisone? Did you have similar pain related to PMR or did this pain only start as you started tapering?
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Thank you so much, Colleen. PMR is such a hard to wrangle disease -- we do our best!
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I am currently on 3 mg of prednisone a day. I started out on 20 mg in Oct. of 2020 so it's been a journey. I was finally on 2.5 in February of this year. Back pain startet then. But when I went down to every other day (began March 4) I started feeling pretty bad. I didn't last 2 weeks and went back to 2.5 everyday. I saw my rheumatologist on April 6 (last week) and he said I need a slower taper so I am on 3 mg a day for 3 month and he plans on me lessening my dosage 1 mg at a time. I am otherwise in pretty good health and was gobsmacked by PMR like so many of us. What a strange disease this is! Thank you all for all your input.