Anyone diagnosed with PMR after the Covid vaccine?

I’ve already had the shingles vacs. No more vacs for me except the flu shot annually. Hoping to be off steroids by the end of the year.

I had the original shingles vaccine a few years ago. Now I am told I need the 2 dose vaccine. I see my PCP next week so I will talk to her about this.

I hope you can get off your steroids by the end of the year. I just had to increase my dosage of steroids and methotrexate. The steroids don't seem to be relieving my pain. Wishing you good luck!

Actually I just saw my rheumatologist yesterday, she has me increase the dosage from 5 mg to 15 now as I'm in so much pain & swollen. I can barely function.

I had all the recommended Covid vaccine shots on schedule (Canada). Mine were all Pfizer. The last one was October 2023. I was diagnosed with PMR in February 2024 but the symptoms certainly began in November 2023. My understanding is that the type of vaccine, mRNA, may be linked to occurrence of PMR. I have never had Covid. How concrete is this correlation between an MRA vaccine and PMR?

Also, my osteoarthritis, primarily in my knees, is much worse than before PMR, is there any evidence that PMR worsens osteoarthritis?

I don't know the answers to your questions. I'm just guessing it was the covid vaccines. I just woke up one day in pain and starting researching inflammation. I had my PCP order blood work and all the markers came back showing high inflammation. The pain was so bad I had to start using a walker.
She put me on a high dose of prednisone and I felt instantly better. My rheumatologist said that dose was way too high so she lowered it. I have tried weaning but at 10mg the pain is still here. I got down to 5mg but then went to 7.5mg, then to 10mgs. I'm at a lost as to what to do next. The dr increased my methotrexate to 6 pills weekly. I will start the 6 pills on Friday.

Good luck with your research.

My story is much like yours, high inflammation results, terrible pain, walker needed and condition immediately responsive to prednisone, not perfect but tolerable discomfort. After 3 months on 20 mg I have begun today to reduce by 2.5 mg. If that goes okay, another reduction by 2.5 mg after 30 days, and so on every 30 days to find lowest possible dose.

I tried the methotrexate, it did nothing.

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Here is the Cureus article outlining the case study

- An Unusual Side Effect of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Possible Trigger of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (2022) https://www.cureus.com/articles/100523-an-unusual-side-effect-of-the-covid-19-vaccine-a-possible-trigger-of-polymyalgia-rheumatica#!/