Happy new year to everyone.
I’m looking for some advice please.
I was diagnosed in September 2019 like most I started at 15mg of prednisone .. that went to 20 mg quite quickly to get control of the inflammation. On my journey I fortunately have had only one big relapse. Presently I’m close to 2 mg. At this point every reduction seems to bring a wave of mild stiffness and exhaustion (no pain) that seems to settle down after a while until the next reduction. I’m presuming this is my adrenal glands catching up. Tapering at around 10% per month all being well it will not be long before I’m free of pmr. My question is at this point I’ve found one dose of Paracetamol and Codine taken first thing in the morning really gets things settled down by which time as the relief offered wears off I’m generally moving around and all is well. I’ve done this for the last seven days before getting out of bed. I’m aware of the additive nature of codine but taking it in such a small dose each day is really working well I’ve found.
I haven’t spoken to my doctor yet.
Has anyone else used a mix of codine and paracetamol as I’m currently doing and I’m hoping will be endorsed.