Blood results -also pred dose

Bones, joints and muscles
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I have received my blood results ESR8 CRP<5 This is the same as the last blood test three months ealier,

I have not got my MRI results back yet, but the pain in my shoulders and neck is not improving tried to get a app with the doctor but was told no app available until friday and then i have to go to surgery to do it.

my next question is regarding the dose of pred i feel an idiot asking this , but here goes

i increased my night time dose to 5mg from 2.5mg for two nights, then reduced to 4mg for two nights, then 3mg for two nights.

last night was awful, the pain in my shoulders and the top of my spine was really the worse i have had, then i got pains in my head when i went to bed.

slept eventually, just taken my morning dose of 6mg , the pain in my shoulders and neck are still painful. but i dont have any headache .

sould i stay at these doses till i try and ger to see a doctor hopefully friday, i go see my rhymi on the 5th June . so what i am really asking is, should i increase again and stay at that dose till i either see the doctor or my rhymi,

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Does the change in pred dose make a big difference? If it does it would justify taking a bit more - but keep a detailed list of what dose, when and what the pain was like until you see the rheumy. This isn’t the sort of advice any of us on the forum should be giving - it’s a bit different when it is a taper going wrong.

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Many thanks Eileen will do. hope you are feeling well take care

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Margaret, we are all different, today my hip is kicking up, bit I don’t think it PMR, NSAIDS is what I will take. When I really think it is PMR, I double my dosage, then triple it, then quadruple in 3 day steps, if I get relief on doubling or tripling, I won’t go to next step. Also I might stretch it out to 4 days if I get some relief. I guess if you have a number of flares you work out a routine. Good luck hope you get relief, keep smiling. :slightly_smiling_face: