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patricia63834
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Hi. Seeking advice. On Tuesday night I woke with pain in neck and head returned like when I was first diagnosed with PMR. My son and family were staying before they emigrated on Weds to New Zealand so knew the emotional stress was touching into this vulnerability.

Today I can hardly move with the pain. A few weeks ago I had seen my GP to talk about management of the unique family time and she said put the steroid dose up during this time to however high I needed to cope. i had put dose back up to 15mg which was original amount. This has obviously not been enough. Can anyone tell me how much higher I can go? I know some people on this forum were started on a dose higher than 15mg. Thanks.

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