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New Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (Husband)
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Feb 29 2:49pm | Replies (102)Comment receiving replies
I was diagnosed a little over a year ago with polymyalgia rheumatica. I started out at 20 mg prednisone a day. Have been on a regimen of decreasing 1 mg a month. 3 months ago they added methotrexate. As I get down to 7 mg a day I start to get muscle aches and pain back. They have pushed me back up to 10 mg a day and started back down 1 mg a day. I am now back down to 7 and have some mild pain some days. I also have tumid lupus that I have been treating for the past 10 years seeing 5 different dermatologists ending up at Mayo with them confirming that it truly is tumid lupus. Dr.s not sure if the two are related. I am on methotrexate as a way of weaning me off the prednisone.
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Hello, my name is Beryl......I too used to have a hot shower straight from bed .....it helps me when I could hardly move ....had PMR all over my body ......terrible.......I also found a hot pad under the bottom sheet very helpful.....try to,find,one that is not plastic they are better and don't get so hot ......get the one that switches off after an hour .....you can if you think it better get ones that stay on until you switch it off .......good luck and keep talking to us between us we have a lot of experience .......Beryl