I posted 8 days ago and I was grateful for your advice. I increased to 8mg and have been on that dose for 6 days now but still have the same symptoms. The usual ones that keep coming back. Buttock pain with weak legs and shoulder and neck stiffness and generally feeling off colour. I have been in this situation a few times before and recovered and been able to reduce again. I know that you can stay on the higher dose for upto 14 days before dropping to the dose above where you flared. Or for one week and then do it in two stages. However if I still have the same amount of pain after 6 days what do you suggest. I have never been a typical case !
(Rheumy appointment came through at last for the end of December. )
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I would definitely give it a little longer. It seems every flare is a bit different. To me that is what causes some of the anxiety and difficulty with this disease. It has a mind of it's own.
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