Is it safe to get the Corona Virus (COVID-19) vaccine with PMR?

My husband 53 years old had the moderne vaccine in April. With in 24 hours he had severe pain in his hips and shoulders , he cannot put on his socks and shoes , is in pain when sleeping and it takes at least 45 minutes in the morning to get moving. His pain has been between a 7-10 since, off and on. He did not have these symptoms before. He did break his femur 30 years ago. His doctor did lab. Tests for PRM. The labs came back normal. He was sent to a orthopedic physician who has diagnosed him with Osteoarthritis of Hips and has scheduled hip replacement surgery in July and to see a masseuse for his shoulder pain. He is taking Celebrex twice a day and his pain is back . They are now offering valium to go with the Celebrex and to stop taking his Crestor . He did have a cortisone shot which last about 48 hours.
We at a loss and looking for some advice . His doctor does not feel the need for him to see a rheumatologist . he has seen urgent care , his general practitioner, the orthopedic surgeon, and has been to our local health department. All feel that the vaccine could not cause PMR . Where do we go from here ?

It has taken me 8 weeks but yes my husband finally agreed to contact a rheumatologist . Thank you so much for giving me confidence

My husband 53 years old had the moderne vaccine in April. With in 24 hours he had severe pain in his hips and shoulders , he cannot put on his socks and shoes , is in pain when sleeping and it takes at least 45 minutes in the morning to get moving. His pain has been between a 7-10 since, off and on. He did not have these symptoms before. He did break his femur 30 years ago. His doctor did lab. Tests for PRM. The labs came back normal. He was sent to a orthopedic physician who has diagnosed him with Osteoarthritis of Hips and has scheduled hip replacement surgery in July and to see a masseuse for his shoulder pain. He is taking Celebrex twice a day and his pain is back . They are now offering valium to go with the Celebrex and to stop taking his Crestor . He did have a cortisone shot which last about 48 hours.
We at a loss and looking for some advice . His doctor does not feel the need for him to see a rheumatologist . he has seen urgent care , his general practitioner, the orthopedic surgeon, and has been to our local health department. All feel that the vaccine could not cause PMR . Where do we go from here ?

I never had PMR and barely any signs of arthritis until a few days after my first Moderna vaccine. My pain was also 7-9. Because I was in the 50-70 yr old age group, my primary thought it might be PMR so he put me on prednisone 20mg/2x day. It took a couple days to kick in but the pain was soon under control, went back for labs, found the inflammation high, and I was then referred to a rheumatologist who is watching my SED labs and advising me on tapering off the Prednisone.
When reading about PMR I learned that there is thought to be a connection to viruses and vaccinations — that was noticed before covid was a pandemic. It has also been noticed that it may be connected to people of Northern European or Scandinavian descent. Those were true for me.

I'm glad they were so quick to treat your pain. I hope you continue to improve. My inflammatory flares after Pfizer, and after the flu shot last year each responded to one course of prednisone.
Sue

Sue, what is “one course” of prednisone?

Had my second Pfizer vaccine June 4 and about a week later began to feel under the skin itching and heat flushes. No problem after first dose March 2nd,2021.
I have a history of PMR and was on Prednisone for 15 months and off it completely now for about 15 months. Feel tired. Only Reactin once a day 10 mg helps. My recent blood test shows elevated sed rate but crp normal. Anyone else have this?

Helllooo everyone. I have been dealing with a PMR flare up for around 6 mos. It freaking hurts! I was NOT C-19 VACCINATED and not on any PMR medications. My mind was not in a very likable place at this point...not thinking clearly at all. My Rhum. Dr. said my blood markers were normal (recently) and that I don't have PMR....which I know is false, I know for a fact I have it. That Dr. is no longer my Dr....Fired !
Anyways, I was resisting the C-19 vaccine because of the long term unknowns, I didn't need anything else going wrong with my health, I have enough to deal with as it is now. I did some research on how the Vaccine was working out in testing groups and all that stuff, but never found the info that I was wanting to find. So I to put a theory together out of all the info that I did find. IF you haven't received your first dose yet and you are in a PMR flare up, I recommend you get the shot. After I got my first Moderna Vac. shot, within 2 days my PMR symptoms went down around 50% !