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Is progress being made in understanding PMR/GCA?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 22 2:50am | Replies (22)
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Supposedly that was what happened before the Prednisone era of treating PMR. I pity the people who had to tolerate the pain and wait for PMR to burn itself out without prednisone.

Prednisone helps to ease the pain but we still need to wait until PMR burns itself out. Unfortunately, Prednisone causes adrenal suppression so people need to taper off slowly and have to take Prednisone for a long time. Many people are never able to taper off Prednisone no matter how slowly they taper.

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nancy334 | @nancy334 | Sep 15 1:35pm

Thank you …that is very helpful

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54pontiac | @54pontiac | Sep 16 10:20am

I believe my mother and her mother also had PMR judging by the symptoms. In the 1980s my mother was able to get prednisone, recover and live another 40 years with no relapses. Her mother, with no prednisone available, suffered the rest of her life and developed what I believe to be GCA. They didn’t have the terminology back then and called it bursitis. I did not connect the dots until I was diagnosed after suffering for 4 months.

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