My strategy while on prednisone for 14 months worked well. Take your dose early in the day to mitigate sleep disturbance. Always with a meal or snack.
Suggest an antacid with calcium and magnesium at night.
Melatonin has been found to have
some anti inflammatory effect.
Vitamin D and some weight bearing activities to to slow down
bone loss. Exercise can burn off
the hyper irritability.
Walk and take bread out of your diet for weight loss.
Check your blood pressure monthly.
Wear sunscreen. My major complaint eas skin atrophy and bruising that persists.
You may ask your physician about a baseline Dexascan.
It is best to wean off steroids very slowly even if you start to feel much better quickly.
I also suggest seeing an ophthalmologist and discuss potential related symptoms.

We are learning here how prevalentPMR is but you can expect a good sustainable remission.

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