• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for polymyalgia rheumatica)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (flushing, feeling feverish, wired, tachycardia (fast heart rate), moon face)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 40 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: At 40 mg I am far from well (still weak, unable to stand for long and can't walk too far), but I have started to wake up rested in the mornings the last week or so, not in too much pain, less flu symptoms, and am able to think properly (calmly and methodically) for the first time in 19 years. The side effects seem to come a few days into new or elevated dose, stay for a week or two and then lessen as the body adjusts.

Cost: < $25 monthly