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Prednisolone immuno-suppressant effect v Covid booster protection
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Oct 18, 2022 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Hello @macferse, Welcome to Connect. I've had two occurrences of PMR with a six year stent of remission between the two episodes. I've been in remission from the last episode for almost 4 years now. I've also had both Pfizer vaccines and the booster without anything other than the normal side effects and some fatigue. I'm really not sure there is enough data for anyone to answer your question but that's just my non medical opinion. I also just recovered a couple of weeks ago from what I think was a very mild case of COVID which I think may have been due to my having had both vaccines and the booster. I haven't had the second booster shot yet and will probably not get it now that I've had COVID.
Hoping others may also have some experience or information to share with you. Did your rheumatologist or doctor have any thoughts on your question?
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Thanks for prompt reply, John. No, Rheumatologist was of the opinion that no serious studies had asked the question about the level and speed of undermining the immune system by steroids, nor a relationship with the initial but declining additional protection offered by successive vaccines. I mentioned I had read that the adjuvant present in all vaccines might be suspected of triggering PMR, but consultant felt their would be evidence of that showing already with the enormous scale of the real life experiment we've been participating in.
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