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Replies to "Colleen, Since there seems to be a possible connection between the Covid vaccine and PMR flares,..."
Alex, the relationship between autoimmune diseases and vaccination is a topic that researchers have studied in the past and likely continue to study closely with the global vaccination efforts to control COVID.
Here are a couple of past studies:
- Vaccination and autoimmune disease: what is the evidence? (2003) https://www.thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lancet/extras/02art9340web.pdf
- Vaccination and Induction of Autoimmune Diseases (2015) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26728772/
- Vaccinations and Autoimmune Diseases (2021) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402446/
To find clinical trials that are currently recruiting participants, you can search the national database or Mayo Clinic's clinical trials database:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/home
https://www.mayo.edu/research/clinical-trials
Sometimes your physician may know about clinical trials that are not yet included in the databases. I applaud you for being willing to contribute to research.