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@cookiegirl1944

I was diagnosed a few months ago with PMR. The doctor put me on 30 mg ( offered me to start out at 25 mg) @nd then gradually reduced the rate/dose. I am afraid your provider has not followed standard guidelines accepted for reduction. Moving from 25 mg to 10 as quickly as you are doing increases your rate of relapse plus does not meet the standard of care. Now relapses can happen even if the provider uses the guidelines but the risk is lower. I suggest you google the dosing guidelines, read them and then make an appointment with your provider right away. Let me know how things go. I still have pain and stiffness and not sure how to get rid of it. Where is your pain?

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Hi! I’ve seen the specialist/internist and he has confirmed the diagnosis and also feels that the taper was a bit hasty. That said, since I’m doing so well on the 10mg he has decided to keep me there for a while and taper down much more slowly. I have very little pain now other than the shoulders that are sensitive in the morning. Definitely nothing even remotely close to the initial pain.

The pain now is mostly in the upper arm and right shoulder. It only in the morning and is gone within an hour or so after I take my pred.