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Inceasing prednisone by 5 mgs?

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sorrIvebposted this earlier but have deleted sime responses in error, in particular response frim PMRpro, was asking if I kncrease my current 3 1/2 mg dosev( only been on now 5 consecutive days) to 8 1/2, how many days before I should notice my pain levels decrease?

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You can’t delete others replies -that’s not possible - unless you’ve deleted your original post or your replies.

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arvine in reply toDorsetLady

Well I yjink that s what hsppened , what is your opinion re my question please?

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This is your previous post -

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Unfortunately there’s no simple answer to that.. it varies from person to person.

But would hope you should notice a significant different after a week if it’s no better after 2 weeks then it’s probably not down to the disease.

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arvine in reply toDorsetLady

Ok thank you

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PMRpro said it was impossible to know. You have to wait and see.

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