A prednisolone dosing mistake
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A few days ago, I accidentally left a 2 mg fragment of my 15 mg morning dose of prednisolone in the pill dispenser. At dawn, the next day, I had an annoying PMR ache - mainly in my outer, left shoulder - that lasted until tea-time.
Apart from that day, I have been PMR pain free for a fortnight. In the past month, I have tapered successfully from a split dose of 17/7 to 15/7 and will drop to 14/7 on Monday.
I find it remarkable that a dosing mistake of just 2 mg could bring back PMR symptoms so quickly and yet, by that evening, the symptoms had dissipated. If so, tapering should be relatively straightforward in future.
Could the symptoms I describe be attributed to Prednisolone withdrawal rather than PMR flareup?
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nick67069 Joydeck
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Oregonjohn-UK Joydeck
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I'm sure it may have been contributary but we have all had to cut pred into smaller amounts and left a few fragments, one reason the DSNS method is so useful.
EileenH Joydeck
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Possibly, although I wouldn't have thought so - more that the dose was slightly too low to manage all the inflammation. Or it could have been coincidence or both one on top of the other. It doesn't take much sometimes for a return of pain - I get it at the same steady dose when the weather changes or I did something that aggravates the PMR pain.
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Kassiebeetle Joydeck
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Take care. Kath
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On 13/7 mg and doing well! At 14/7, after 8 weeks, I'm almost there.