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Sharp pain in hands on certain movements. PMR-related?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 30 10:55am | Replies (21)
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@johnbishop

Welcome @sandysomers, My PMR is in remission but I can relate to the time early on when it felt like I had been dealing with it a lifetime. It can be very debilitating. I only took prednisone for my two occurrences of PMR but from what I have read medrol or methylprednisolone is a little stronger than prednisone so hopefully it won't take much of an increase in your dose. There is another discussion you might find helpful.
-- PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages/.

It sounds like you might be keeping a daily log of your pain and symptoms and medrol dosage which is a great tool to help when you are tapering off of steroids. Have you made any lifestyle type changes to try and help with the PMR?

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sandysomers | @sandysomers | Jan 26 7:06pm

Thank you @johnbishop. How long did it take for your PMR to go into remission each time?
Hope you don't have another occurrence. EDIT - never mind the questions, I just found the intro section. I'm hopeful that mine will not take 2 years to go in remission.

Initially I was started on 20mg of Prednisone and it only helped for a day so I was put on Medrol 48mg, stepping down 8mg every two days until I reached 8mg/day. I have not been able to stick to the taper but was doing pretty well on 8mg for about a week until this major setback. Thank you for the link you sent...I don't believe I've seen that thread yet.

The PMR halted my activity for about 2 months but this past week I started short walks (no more than 2-3 miles), rode my stationary bike and did some very mild stretching. Then the major flare hit and today I struggled to move and barely managed a walk around the block. Is there a discussion on suggested lifestyle type changes? I guess I should spend more time navigating the forum.

Thanks again.

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