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PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 27 8:00am | Replies (468)Comment receiving replies
This is a genersl doctor who, after the ER doctor was unable to diagnose me, did within ten minutes of hearing my symptoms then did bloodwork to verify that. I'll stay with him for now.
I live in a very small town, about 1,400 people. The closest Rheumy would be about an hour away by highway and I'm not keen to drive that. especially not knowing if they're any good.
I am comfortable with a bit of tweaking or extending, my concern is with the refills. My insurance won't allow more than one at a time though having different mgs would make it easier. Rather than going down 2.5mg from 15mg. I'd like to go down 1mg at a time and will talk to the replacement (he's out until July 11) about that.
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That’s great that you found someone to help and are comfortable with the adjustments. We took my dad to Immediate Care, and they thought we were crazy. So did his PCP. But my aunt is a general doctor/internist and she said she’s treated many cases of PMR. She also lives in a small town, so I guess a lot depends on if the provider is aware of it.
That’s kinda frustrating about it being able to combine different milligrams. If I’d easier to combine them…we had to try to find a really good pill cutter. I wonder if your insurance would allow you to get a bunch of pills in a smaller number of milligrams—like all 5s or 2.5s. I take a 112.5 mg of a different medication, and my doctor writes the script for me to take “5, 25 mg tablets,” but I combine 4 and a half tablets to get to my dose. She did it that way so we could titrate it slowly and it did go through. It can sometimes drive me crazy counting them all out though. Take care, and hope things keep getting better.