PMR re Diagnosis

[sailboatstewart]

After finally getting a telephone appointment with my main GP. He agreed with me that I had a flare up of PMR and I should go back on a trial of Prednisilone at 10mg. . After 2 days I felt a lot better pain wise and mentally . After 1 week now I still get pains in my shoulders and hips early morning 4am. Have tried for 2 nights taking 5mg in the morning and 5 mg at night the result has been that the pains wake me up at 3 am. When I was first diagnosed with PMR 3 years ago I was put on 15mg of Pred, I think I might increase the current dose from 10mg to 11mg and see if the pains decrease and so on until I find the optimum level of pain control. But I an pleased to be making progress.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

That seems strange that splitting the dose has made the pain appear sooner ...

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

As you were reduced quickly last time around (I think according to previous post), it might have been wiser to restart at 15mg again.

I can understand what if GP was concerned about BP readings, but obviously 10mg is not enough. As PMRpro says strange about split dose.

You could try 11mg - it might be enough.