pain increased
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I was diagnosed with pmr about 4 months ago and started on 20mg prednisolone. After a couple of weeks my gp reduced my dose to 15mg. Over the last 3 weeks or so my pain has increased considerably. I've been having blood tests every 4 to 5 weeks and although my markers have gone down slightly it hasn't been a significant amount. I saw my gp on friday and he has now increased the pred back up to 20mg. Does this sound normal? I thought that the pain would only get worse when you were reducing the pred?
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constance.de grandmaDylan
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Your doctor reduced the Pred far too quickly. Luckily he has seen his error and has put you up to 20mgs again. Read the 'dead slow/nearly stop' posts on this forum - they seem to be the only reliable reduction plans available, and they work for nearly everyone.
Your doctor, and later your rheumatologist, will both try and force you to reduce quicker - it doesn't work!!!!
Hope you are one of the lucky ones and have a short PMR journey.
Regards from C. 💐
Oregonjohn-UK grandmaDylan
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tony80950 grandmaDylan
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Good luck