After suffering Headaches for a couple of months, temples , stabbing pains in cheek and ear, waking up in the night with terrible painWhile on holiday in Spain
Went to a doctor who was concerned it was GCA
gave me 20mg predisone,
While away,saw my own Gp
Who upped the dose to 40mg, while I await an rheumatology apt, hopefully within the week
Pain has improved greatly
But still getting occasional temple pain, should I expect
the pain to eventually be gone,The steroids give me a
a heavy headache
Really quite anxious and wondering what to expect
.blood were done in Spain
2 days after steroid dose
My fault instructions lost in translation, they came back clear after only 2 doses of steroids
Any advice and information
Please
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Pierpoint1
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How long have you been on 40mg? If longer than 2 weeks but if still have a headaches, then I think you probably need a higher dose.
Just because your blood are ‘okay’ doesn’t mean everything is under control. GCA should be treated as an emergency- so your GP should be pushing for an appointment asap.
Okay well you need to give it more time. Hopefully it will keep improving as the days go by, and more of the built up inflammation is dispersed, so the Pred only has to deal with the day to day inflammation.
Took me best part of 2 weeks on double your dose to get my headaches under full control, albeit different scenario if you view my bio/profile.
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