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Successfully treated for Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 9, 2023 | Replies (101)
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@johnbishop

Hello @daenika87, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear you are struggling with fatigue along with stiffness and some pain with your PMR. 10 months is a relatively short time to get down to 5mg of prednisone compared to what others have shared. Do you mind sharing what your starting dose of prednisone was and if it got rid of all or most of your pain and stiffness?

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daenika87 | @daenika87 | Jul 21, 2023

I believe they ordered 20mg to start and it definately helped the severe pain that I was in at that time. I've been in 40mg for a hearing loss in my left ear from PMR too. I'm pretty stiff on 5mg but they have added methotrexate so I'm hoping that will begin to help. If it doesn't help in three months they will begin injections.

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