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Prednisone 15mg

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joanne2000
joanne2000

I began on Prednisone last Saturday and thought I had found a miracle cure for what I have been recently diagnosed with - PMR. I had such low pain on Saturday evening it was amazing. However since then the pain has increased again thought maybe not quite to the levels it was at. I am seeing the doctor this afternoon but wondered if others gave experienced this. Would it suggest that I would need a slightly higher dose than 15 mg to start with. As I say it seemed to work amazingly for the first day then didn't seem to work as effectively after that.

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    Michdonn joanne2000

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    I joanne2000, I started on 20mg last August it the 20 worked good. Was slowly tapering down till March, then had increase to 30 mg to get relief. Tomorrow back to rheumy, will start to reduce the Phed. Good luck keep smiling!
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