@farnhamlaf1 By all means take some turmeric but fresh is better than capsules, or organic dry powder is also good, and preferably in cooking were it is absorbed slowly with other healthy nutrients from food. People have gotten turmeric toxicity from taking too many of the capsules too quickly. Does it work? It does help with general inflammation and contributes to good health. But PMR is a big illness with very specific inflammatories bombarding your system - turmeric or any of the other supplements (like rose hip vital) are unlikely to help much. I was on a low inflammatory diet which included lots of turmeric for 3 years prior to PMR hitting. It didn't stop the PMR from turning up, and increasing the amount of turmeric in the diet hasn't helped since, nor rose hip vital or the other anti-inflammatory supplemnts I have tried.

Methotrexate may take longer than 14 weeks to work and it doesn't work for many who have PMR. Recent research has suggested it is not really worthwhile. But it does work for some so it's why we give it a go. Watch carefully for side effects from methotrexate and perhaps reach an agreement with your doctor on a time limit for seeing if it does any good. In my case I ended up in hospital very ill from methotrexate toxicity. My doctor had way too much faith in it being a miracle drug, because he had one PMR/GCA case were it worked successfully.