PMR, prednisone and Acterma

[Reader7]

Dan Patrick is an American sportscaster. The following is a clip from his show yesterday:

youtube.com/watch?v=DJOWLqb...(Not working as expected?)

[Reader7]

I'm wondering if Dan Patrick's doctors are telling him that he will be cured of PMR at the end of treatment? I'll be curious to find out his results.

[Mary63]

At least more people will have heard of Polymyalgia Rheumatica. That can only be good I guess.

[teesher]

Wow, it was great to hear someone in the public eye describe the pain of pmr. However, it was a shame he criticised prednisone quite so much. It has been a life saver for so many of us and the side effects are so much reduced on a lower dose.

[Reader7 in reply to teesher]

I thought so too! At 7mg my side effects are not bad at all.

[Hidden in reply to teesher]

There is another thread about this today if you haven't seen it.

[HeronNS in reply to Hidden]

healthunlocked.com/pmrgcauk...

[Hidden in reply to HeronNS]

Thanks.

[Meggsy]

I’m wondering whether he was on too low a dose of prednisone.

[Reader7 in reply to Meggsy]

I kind of thought that too.

[Pippah45]

Very interesting very good to hear someone high profile talking about PMR. I read somewhere recently - Kate Gilbert's book? That Prednisone doesn't act in quite the same way as Prednisolone and I thanked my lucky stars that we get the latter here in the UK.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Pippah45]

Yes it does - just your liver has to process prednisone to form prednisolone which is the active form. Otherwise - the effects are the same, or as the same as they are between 2 people on the same drug. And get better results with the prednisone I am on now than the prednisolone I had in the UK.

[Reader7 in reply to PMRpro]

Thanks for the clarification...that's what I thought from what I've read.