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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 20 3:06pm | Replies (97)
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@grandmap , really feel your pain, literally! I’ve had a similar experience that I think triggered the PMR to begin with. Last year I got the regular flu vaccine, though they strongly suggest the senior dose! I refused. Somehow the medical community is not getting this information about some of us who cannot tolerate the vaccine, actually I think it’s the adjuvants used. The more data, the more they know but meanwhile we’re left to struggle. So frustrating, I’m not an anti vax person but am feeling reluctant. My rheumatologist wants me to take low dose prednisone for a couple of days before and after my vaccinations.
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@karinaph I did take a higher dose of Prednisone after my vaccine, and I believe it made it worse. Since our bodies are trying to build up an immunity to the vaccine, and prednisone causes immune deficiency, I believe they work against each other. 10 days later, and I'm still in a PMR flare. But for the first days after the flu vaccine, our bodies need to develop that immunity. Yesterday I increased my Prednisone and felt a little better. However, I think that's because my body had settled down from building the immunity against the flu shot. I'm not a medical person at all, but there's such a thing as common sense, right?!