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So I was diagnosed with PMR on Aug 19/16. Started on 20mg pred and have tapered down to 2.5 mg when flare started last week. Now up to 5 mg the last 3 days and still experiencing hip pain during the day and keeping me awake at night. It hurts! I am reluctant to go back to 10 mg but my body is not happy. So far it hasn't crept back into my shoulders, hands but what should I do??
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Unfortunately you go back up with pred dose like all of us....get on top of the
pain with the pred or it will just keep getting worse, 5mg may not be enough. I was diagnosed about
two and a half years ago and the ups and downs with pred has been my life. Started at
20mg and got down to 4mg a day when sciatica laid me low....worst pain....
sed rate shot back up and doc put me back to 20 mg.
I've been trying to reduce and stay down ever since. This time I'm going to
do the reducing at a slow, slow, slow pace.....good luck and welcome
to our neighborhood.