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New PMR patient, wondering if mornings will become pain free someday
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 1 11:10am | Replies (120)Comment receiving replies
Like you I did the split dose until this last flare. Getting down to 2 mg was a toss up whether to taper the morn or eve dose. At one point an on call rheumatologist I talked to immediately told me to take my entire dose in the morning, it was better to "knock out all the inflammation at once". Looking at it that way kinda made sense to me so with this last flare I am taking the entire dose in the morning. I am at 7mg and doing okay.
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Great! I am so glad that is working for you. Like I said, everyone is different, your body will let you know if you are doing it right. I can't wait to get down that low to have to make that same decision.
So, to clarify, you are at 7 now. Does that mean you were split at 5 in am and 2 at pm and decided to take all 7 now in the am? And how long have you had PMR and what dose did you start at?
I am on 10 (5-5), grateful that I went quickly from 20 to 15 to 10, in only 2 months, but my doc wants me on the 10 for two months. I do not like Prednisone because of the side effects and hope I can get off rather sooner than later. I think 2 months at 10 is too long but I am trying to learn other peoples tapering schedule so that I know how it works. I imagine I will be trying all sorts of schedules until I find one that works for me like you did.
Anyway, I appreciate your feedback and hope to hear more of your story. Thanks, JJ