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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 27 11:03am | Replies (231)
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I’m on both now for about 8 mths,I’m not finding any difference taking methotrexate,I’ve lowered my dosage down to 5 mg of prednisone and thinking of going back to 10,I can’t seem to get below 10 comfortably,I thought the methotrexate would pick up the slack but it hasn’t,
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@livingwithpmr
I was typing a reply to you and lost it ??? Anyway, I was asking if you were in the States, and if not could you see a rheumatologist privately? It is just that I personally am a big believer in rheumys for autoimmune diseases since MDs misdiagnosed me for months. My best.💞
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Hello @livingwithpmr, Tapering off of prednisone while managing the PMR symptoms can be difficult at times. You might find this discussion where others have shared helpful.
— PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages/.
One thing that helped me was keeping a daily log of my prednisone dose and the level of pain/aches I had in the morning before taking the prednisone. My rheumatologist also gave me an Rx for 1 mg tablets along with the 5 and 2.5 mg tablets. Towards the end before my PMR went into remission I had to buy a pill splitter and would split the 1 mg tablets to go up or down a small amount when needed.