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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 5 hours ago | Replies (23)
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Dadcue
Oh my goodness 100mg not enough!
Evidently you’ve come through a lot !
I just thank my luck stars I was diagnosed in the age of biologic treatments.
Your Dr is both humorous and correct about the very different prognostic outcomes between Rigor mortis and PMR !
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@maye33
Prednisone was a friend of mine at a relatively young age before I ever heard of biologic treatments. PMR entered the scene almost 20 years ago when I was 52 but there weren't any biologics to treat PMR back then.
My rheumatologist received authorization to treat me with Actemra about 7 years ago. Now I thank my lucky stars that I' have been off Prednisone for 5 years and in the age of biologic treatments.
My rheumatologist also says that I have been though a lot including decades of Prednisone use. He says it would have been impossible to adequately treat everything when everything started so Prednisone was the best option at the time.
Some of my problems required surgical corrections. Prednisone deceived me and made me think those problems could be managed with Prednisone too.