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joanne2000
joanne2000

I have been having a very sore, stiff right shoulder and groin pain for around 3 months now. I am now at the stage of just having had a blood test and it suggests PMR. I have been coping (just!!) on Naproxen but still struggling. I assumed that the pain in my groin wasn't linked at all to my right shoulder pain. The groin issue started when I power walked on the treadmill for arond 35 minutes and had tenderness in the pubic bone area for several weeks. This seemed to spread to my groin and in particular the adductor muscle right at the top of my leg into my groin. I can press on it and it is so sore. As far as my shoulder is concerned I just need to lightly tap it and the pain is bad. Are these typical sysmptoms of PMR? I genuinely feel like I have been going mad with the pain. I am now on 15mg of Prednisone a day as an introduction which is getting reviewed in a few days - I have only been on it for 3 days so far. I am trying to cut back on the Naproxen and for the first day really though the steroids were a miracle cure as the pain subsided massively. It is still sore again in the morning though and if I dont take one Naproxen in the morning tends to be sore during the day. Should I be taking Naproxen as well as Prednisone? When should the steroids kick in? Is the dose of 15mg reasonable?

Sorry for the ramblings as I am very new to this and to this level of pain.

Would love to hear about your experiences.

PS. I am 48 years old and historially have had hip misalignment problems for the last 25 years which has been dealt with by a chiropractor (that may or not be relevant!!)

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  • ptolemy
    ptolemy joanne2000

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    Hi Joanne, it seems that besides PMR you do have other problems if you are finding Naproxen is working and the pain is not bilateral.  My GP did not want to give me Naproxen when I got sciatica recently because I was taking pred. I think in general it is not a good idea, but perhaps short term with a PPI. 
  • priscilla23271
    priscilla23271 joanne2000

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    Funnily enough i did have pain in my right hip, about this time lastyear, and Dr thought it was the joint, but an Xray showed no more thn the usual damage for someone of my age.  It wasn't till August when the pain had spread everywhere that I was dignosed with PMR, so I think it began in my hip.  Then the improvement from the Pred was almost immediate.

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