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Advice on managing PMR.

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: 10 hours ago | Replies (14)

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@redwhitenblue

I am 66 years old male a year and a half ago. Woke up one morning shoulders neck, hands very painful to move in the morning goes away during the day and then in the evening it comes back. I have been on prednisone starting at 35 mg along with methotrexate, which I have stopped Kev Zara, which I am about to stop. My doctor doesn’t seem to have any answers every three or four months, we just throw a new medicine at it and the only thing so far that has an effect is the prednisone. I am down to about 3 mg a day And that relieves the pain about 80% and I have joined this group to see if there’s anything else that will help so that I can get off of the prednisone, thank you to everyone who reads this. And God bless the United America

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I hope things get better for you. Luckily after feeing like you did for about 9 months, I started to see a rheumatologist. I was able to get pain relief with medication, although I did not get a specific diagnosis. Sulfasalazine has been helping, blood labs ruled out lots of other stuff, and did not point to anything specific. I am not pain free, bet feel much less pain. Good luck on your journey