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I’m Not Responding to Prednisone and I Need Advice
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 24, 2023 | Replies (72)Comment receiving replies
As usual there isn't enough research to say if weight is a factor or not. However, the following study suggests it might be a factor.
https://bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2474-12-94
The need for more research is a common refrain when treating PMR.
It is "not" as simple as saying a person who weighs twice as much as another person should double their prednisone dose.
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My issue is not weight related but that I am post polio. Another condition with little information and almost no doctors/specialists to treat it.
I had polio at age 15. In the years following I became hypersensitive to medications often having side effects from pediatric doses. I became allergic to antibiotics. Little did I know I should not have had the Shingrix vaccine.
Currently I’m at 5mg of prednisone and had problems at 4mg. I suspect that being post polio this low dose is more harmful to my body than others experience. But I have no choice.