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Knee Replacement surgery and PMR
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 30, 2022 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
I’m scheduled to have a TkR this March 2022. I told my orthopedic Dr that I was on 10 mg prednisone due to PMR. He said he didn’t want to operate TKR unless pred is down to 5 mg in case of infection. I don’t know when that’s going to happen. I was down to 5 mg 4 weeks ago but suffered severe pain in my groin. Had to go back to 10 mg.
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Get another doctor. I had knee replaced over 10 years ago on 10 mgs. I’m fine. The knee is fine and I’m still on 7 ml. For GCA
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Initially my surgeon said the same ( I have PMR for about 10 years, on 5 mg of prednisone for the last year prior to surgery). They wanted me totally off of prednisone prior to surgery. I told him that wasn’t possible. He did some further research and said that the research indicated that 15 mg was the limit, and since I was taking less than that, he did the surgery. He used additional antibiotics during surgery, but that was it. I suggest that you push back with your surgeon on that. Good luck.