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How long has PMR lasted - I'm trying to find the average
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 26, 2023 | Replies (136)Comment receiving replies
Oh my - I started at 50mg a day for a week - and was instructed by my doctor to drop 10mg a week - so in 5 weeks I am at 10 and am feeling a resurgence in pain in all the usual spots and even in my toes which I never had before! My doctor is away for the holidays - so I think I will increase to 15mg - as is the pain is manageable- but I don’t want to go back to a crippling situation waiting for my doctor to return in January.
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That would be my plan too, a smallish increase to settle the pain. 5mg seems quite a bit, but that's up to you. You know the last dose you were on, how bad the current pain is, and what your doctor would consider a reasonable move. The reduction you've been doing sounds brutally fast - no wonder pain is back. Having to raise the dose after a too-fast reduction increases the cumulative dose, no good. Hopefully your pain settles with a small increase you can sit on for a few weeks.