prednisone pain

[Linny3]

recently there was discussion about prednisone pain when reducing the prednisone. Not sure how I can tell pred. Pain from pmr pain? Will pain medication help with prednisone pain?

Thank you

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

Do you mean withdrawal symptoms as opposed to too little Pred? If so, this may help - and yes paracetamol can help with withdrawal symptoms - but it won’t help with the PMR -

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[Linny3 in reply to DorsetLady]

Thank you for the reply. Yes that is what I meant. So, if a pain med helps, it is not pmr bur rather it is withdrawal. I thought I read , when reducing , the body reacts to the lower pred. Not necessarily by flaring pmr, but by simply reacting to less pred. It is that reaction that pain meds help? Hopefully I am making myself clear😏

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer in reply to Linny3]

Yes the body does take a few days to adjust to new lower dose-for some it’s quite severe, for others less so, just a feeling of “somethings not quite right”. For me it was feeling a bit tetchy/achy as if going down with a cold or premenstrual tension -just “off”.

Paracetamol may help with that -but it’s shouldn’t last longer than 3-4 days

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Linny3]

It isn't so much reacting to the pred but not entirely happy at the change - bodies don't like change! So small changes are best.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Not sure what you mean by "pred pain"?

But painkillers will often deal with non-PMR pain, they do little for PMR itself.