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PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 27 8:00am | Replies (468)
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Diagnosed with PMR and was prescribed prednisone-40mg daily/month to 20mg to 15 mg to 10 mg to 5mg. But the prednisone weakened my Achilles tendon and tendons in my knees that I had difficulty with stability & walking. PMR was in submission but I had to stop medication because of sore legs; PMR came back. Restarted taking 10 mg of prednisone again and tendons weaken again fairly quickly. Anyone had similar issues? Is there an alternative to prednisone?

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Dec 5, 2022

Hello @dallas, Welcome to Connect. I've had two occurrences of PMR but have not noticed weakened tendons in my knees. My PMR is currently in remission but when it was active I did have trouble with stability and walking due to the pain which went away while on prednisone.

You will notice that we moved your post into the following existing discussion on the same topic so that you can meet other members like @mary4, @raven1955, @tillysam, @naezzo, @kmeikle1, @tsc and others. If you click the link it will take you to the first post in the discussion where you can read through the experiences of other members.

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How long ago were you diagnosed with PMR and started on 40mg of prednisone?

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