Hi @ vellen….I just noticed that you have fibromyalgia as well as PMR. I’m thinking I may have both as well. Initially, my Rhuemy thought it was fibro since I had no elevated CRP or Sed Rate, but she gave me the one week prednisone script which tapers naturally by the end of the week and all my symptoms were gone, so she prescribed 6 mg. Methylprednisolone which does not seem to be working - maybe because it’s not a high enough dosage? I have no morning stiffness or pain. I do not have any symptoms until mid afternoon when the pain and stiffness, mostly in my legs, begins and lasts for several hours - sometimes longer. My GP changed my dosage to 8 mg regular prednisone which I’ve started to take in the afternoon since I don’t have morning symptoms. After reading your post about tramadol, I’m sort of thinking that may work for me. What type of fibro pain do you have? Is it an all day pain? Isolated to only one part of your body? Do you have elevated inflammation markers? How did your dr know you had both fibro and pmr?

I was given Tramadol for pain before being diagnosed with PMR. It did nothing.