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PMR and Methotrexate

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 27 11:03am | Replies (231)
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@marymckeith

@tuckerp Have you heard of Simponi a medicine my rhumey wants me to take with methotrexate which I am not on at present time. An infusion I guess with its own side effects.

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tuckerp | @tuckerp | Jun 10 8:58am

I have not heard of it. But it is a similar drug to Humira. I am on another facebook page for PMR and someone just posted that Humira with MTX had allowed them to get below 5mg of prednisone for the first time in years. She was now at 1mg with no pain. The drug is used for RA which has very similar characteristics to PMR. Any drug will have side effects. If you have just PMR then the thought will be to get off steroids and then off the other drugs. At least these other drugs do not have the "addictive effect" of prednisone.

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