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Anyone diagnosed with PMR after the Covid vaccine?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 6 1:06pm | Replies (146)Comment receiving replies
Has anyone had major surgery just before PMR came about.
I had major neck surgery on my c1-c2 are of my spine. 6 mos later PMR!
I am looking for relief without prednisone. I took that for about 5 mos. No thank you.
Tapered off about 5 was ago a full pain from neck to the back of my knees devastating.
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Wow - seems like there could be a connection there....this PMR is just so evasive in every way. I hope someone can get this thing nailed and stop throwing people on steroids if they even sound like they *may* have it. There are so many things these symptoms could be covering and every doc should be doing lab panels (cytokine, ELISA, RF factor, etc) before they decide ANYTHING. I read today that IL-6, an inflammatory factor, if elevated could indicate many things happening within our bodies. This was in an article about covid boosters and PMR. I would never have associated one with the other, as I am very pro-vaccine, but there are findings.
I can't take prednisone for many reasons. May I ask why you stopped it? Are you taking anything for pain?
My best to you!
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@lashley75 I think extreme stress can bring it out, at least that is what happened to my mom and I both. I don’t have an official diagnosis but mom does. I started us both on 6000 mg of moringa supplements every morning and 3000 mg at night (2 capsules in the morning and one at night) and both of us are feeling less pain. It helps with a lot of things. She was on prednisone for many years and it gave her diabetes. Maybe give moringa a try and see if you can get relief. Amazon sells it reasonably.