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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 27 8:38am | Replies (1879)
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@tinman2020

Has Anyone with PMR, learned/talked about a bad gut bacteria causing these conditions. I’m at my wits end with my condition. Been diagnosed 1 1/2 years and tired of taking Prednisone and Methyl trexate. At 60 years old, I feel 40 years older.

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karinaph | @karinaph | Nov 9, 2021

I feel your pain tinman. My diagnosis was about 18-20 months ago too. I don’t know about gut bacteria and PMR, but just generally feel that healthy gut bacteria is vitally important. Try to eat high fibers foods, prebiotic and probiotics as well as fermented foods, kimchi, pickles ( fermented), kombucha and so many others.
I never went the methotrexate route… I’m down to 5 Mg of Prednisone and hoping I can very slowly get off. But I’m going super slow after my initial tapering resulted in GCA… no fun. Hope you can find more gut info to share with us. I’ll keep my eyes peeled.

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