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is sed rate of 12 ok? i know it is, i just want someone to confirm it. ive been on pred for 3 years, currently at 5 1/2. my sed rate is 12, same as last year. but on the initial dose of 20 mg., it was actually down to 1. so is 12 ok? i know 1 is not to be expected, but i want to make sure it isnt creeping up. it was 12 last year and 11 the year before that. when first diagnosed with pmr, it was 58. thank you.
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EileenH Twopies
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If you got to 12 with your starting dose and are still at 12 on your current dose - that is great.
The "normal range" is 1-20 but that is for a massive population of supposedly healthy adults, usually about 10,000 for something like this. Within that large group there will have been some with 1, some with 20, and the vast majority were in the middle. But that is just general - each person had their own personal normal level. Mine is about 4, for others it is nearer 20, but if mine goes up to 20 it means there is something going on. If you were happy on 20mg and had a sed rate of 12 - that is your guideline and what you should be looking to be close to. And no symptoms - a raised sed rate without symptoms probably means you have a cold or something, it is very non-specific so isn't gospel truth.