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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 27 8:38am | Replies (1879)Comment receiving replies
@mcgeesdad @karinaph, I had gout in my right foot at the same time when I was first diagnosed with PMR. I was given Colchicine for the gout and prednisone for the PMR. I think they both help with inflammation but the prednisone is better for pain and inflammation. The way my rheumatologist explained the Colchicine to me was that it helps break down the uric crystals that can cause the gout pain so that they can be expelled from the body.
Colchicine (Oral Route): https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/colchicine-oral-route/description/drg-20067653
Colchicine (Colcrys, Mitigare): https://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Patient-Caregiver/Treatments/Colchicine-Colcrys-Mitigare
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Thank you John. I don’t have gout but like the rest of us do have the PMR, going on 1.5 years. An understanding the pathways and efficacy of this drug fir the PMR is what I seek. Does it root out the underlying inflammation triggers? If so how, and when stopped donPMR symptoms return? I’ll ask my Rheumatologist next time we speak. She has mentioned using a biologic to help me get off the P more swiftly. I can’t recall the name right now.