I have had normal blood markers since my diagnosis a year and a half ago. Thank goodness I have a wonderful rheumatologist who listens. I originally started on 15 mg of prednisone but had to quickly decrease to 5 mg after only 4 months because I needed emergency surgery. I have stayed at 5 mg and managed to push through the aches and pains with Advil.

But for the past 3 weeks I had the worst relapse, again without any markers. It is so frustrating but my physician assured me this is not uncommon. When I questioned him if there could be a different diagnosis we missed he reassured me I had all the symptoms of PMR and it was more important to treat the pain than prove I have PMR. I started back on 15 mg yesterday and already have a decrease in pain. I hope this time I can complete the entire cycle of slowly reducing the
prednisone and find some pain free relief.

He did mention there is a newly FDA approved drug Kevzara which is showing promise.