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Good afternoon! I was trying to think of how best to help you by relating my...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/970226/
would be a great deal of advice about splitting ... the dose ! ... excel file heat map of your pain vs. dose ... increase again to 17.5mg using the split ... dose strategy.
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 25, 2023
Coping with PMR while still actively working is all the more daunting. Assuming you have access...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/970104/
If you need to split your dose at breakfast ... minimal disease activity with higher doses ... An adequate dose of melatonin at night
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 25, 2023
Some of us split the dose, taking a smaller dose in the evening to get rid...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/970081/
Some of us split the dose, taking a ... smaller dose in the evening to get rid ... finding this forum which mentioned dose ... splitting, I tried 12.5mg in the morning ... important to make sure the evening dose
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 25, 2023
@cliffg26 If you don't mind me asking - How old are you and where do you...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/959233/
You should be able to get to a dose ... lifting arms above head) 2)Try splitting ... your dose ! ... 20 to 30mg did the trick for me - splitting ... the dose !
Discussion: I’m Not Responding to Prednisone and I Need Advice
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 5, 2023
You may want to take a look at the potential downside of split doses versus increasing...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/958799/
look at the potential downside of split ... doses versus increasing the single ... morning dose as regards the possibility ... provoking adrenal insufficiency with a split ... dose.
Discussion: Morning misery: Is prednisone effective 24 hrs? PMR and hands
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 4, 2023
Have you considered splitting the dose? I take the main dose in the morning, 5.5mg, and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/958026/
Have you considered splitting the dose ... I take the main dose in the morning, ... 5.5mg, and a smaller dose of 2mg at ... from the morning dose, leaving the ... later dose the same.
Discussion: Morning misery: Is prednisone effective 24 hrs? PMR and hands
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 2, 2023
I had my follow up with my Rheumy two days ago. She originally insisted that I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/947103/
insisted that I only take a single dose ... was much more receptive that I am splitting ... my dose and tapering at a schedule ... easily into .5mg doses. ... Splitting 10 morning and 4 evening.
Discussion: Has anyone else had pain return after reducing pred by only 2.5 mg?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 13, 2023