Muscle Spasm/ Aches & Bone Pains

Your vit D is extremely low and that COULD cause the symptoms.

You haven't said what dose of vit D you are taking - but at that blood level of 16, which is very deficient, some NHS Trusts prescribe doses of 20,000 I.U. twice daily for 10 days at least. One lady who took this dose felt a relief in a couple of weeks.

If you are only taking a low dose of vit D it will take quite a long time for it to improve - but without more info I can't really say any more than that.

well if you can afford it ,and have the will power , to stick to it , go see a health shop , and start from scratch , i could tell you what to eat and what not to eat , but its up to you now blood tests to see everything , and what you need to build up , sorry mate , maybe you can work with a doc..and the health clinic

Thanks for your reply. I took two injections of 200,000IU with a gap of 15 days in January. Now rheumatologist advised me 4 injections of 200,000IU with gap of one week each injections and one after 15 days after completing this 4 injections course. I have taken one last week and taking another today but no significant improvement seen so far and symptoms remain same. Another medicine he prescribed me is zeegap pregabalin 50 mg once daily. Also I am taking Zurig 40 mg once and a calcium supplement Seacal.

I don't understand why you are on such a low dose of pregabalin, or what your doc thinks might be achieved by it. I do know that one of the most common side effects - even at a low dose - is muscle pain. I tried it last year for nerve pain/fibromyalgia pain but discontinued it after a very short time as the pain was just too much and not the result I was looking for!

Are you on Prednisolone at all? It doesn't say in your first post but if you have PMR then trying it might prove beneficial and I'm a bit puzzled over your doctors' attitudes.

Nefret - he says he's 33. No rheumy is going to consider PMR in a man of that age are they? Even though we know it is possible. That's why I'm puzzled and didn't say anything about PMR and pred.

The only hope there might be that someone would be willing to try the experiment - but who?

I need new specs, Eileen. I read it as 53!

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well 33 year old , i suggest a change of diet , , its up to you , no alcohol , no refined foods ,no tomatoes ,capsicum , no sugar ,no bickies , cakes , sauces , no english potatoes , ,thats for starters , lol but i would say you are not up to giving up a lot of these things hey lol its all up to you ,ask your doc, about these things , good luck

Well, no alcohol was definitely never on my list of things to avoid and now I believe that tomatoes are considered anti-inflammatory, but as nanna says, it is up to you. There's plenty of advice on anti-inflammatory food/diet available, all you have to do is to avoid the 'fad' diets.

why not ask your doctor ,lol or health food shop , ,

Be very wary of "natural remedies" you find on the internet with little information about them. "Natural" does not mean "safe" by any means and many such products have hidden ingredients when a serious proper investigation is carried out. Even ointments can do untold damage to the skin.

YES ,IM STILL TRYING TO STICK TO A HEALTHY DIET ,NO CANE SUGER AND FAT BUT IM SURE THIS POLYMY.HAS REALLY BEAT ME , I KNOW URIC ACID FORMS CALCIFORCATION OR LIKE COROSION ON JOINTS,ON BONES , BUT HOW TO STOP IT OR REMOVE IT AFTER IT HAS FORMED , I NOW HAVE A SPUR UNDER MY HEEL ONLY ONE HEEL SO HOW DID I GET THAT , MUST BE SOMETHING IM EATING IM SURE , SO I THINK THE SAME COULD AFFECT THE HANDS HEY , IM DETERMINED NOT TO UP THE PREDNISONE , ITS ONLY A PAIN KILLER AND DOESNT GET RID OF THE PROBLEM , , EXCUSE THE SPELLING , NO RIGHT CLICK ON MOB. LOL

A bone spur has nothing to do with uric acid or anything you are eating - it is extra bone forming because the body is trying to repair itself. It typically forms in response to pressure, rubbing, or stress that continues over a long period of time. Heel spurs often form because the ligaments around it - the achilles (heel) or the plantar fascia (under the foot) are tight and pull. This damages the bone it is attached to and it starts to make bone to heal the damage. PMR can make muscles and tendons/ligaments tight so indirectly it may be due to the PMR. Other back problems can change the way you walk - and so can high heels! A repeated action that rubs a bit of bone can make it happen too.

Physio and/or a podiatrist can help by stretching the ligaments gently or giving you an inlay for shoes. If the area is inflamed the pred for PMR will help a bit but a local injection of cortisone is better, one-off and less pred in the long run. Pred isn't a pain-killer - it kills the pain by reducing the inflammation, so it IS dealing with the cause in some ways. What it can't do is stop the underlying autoimmune disease that is making the body attack itself and causes the inflammation.