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Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Oct 19, 2023 | Replies (401)
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@mary4

These comments have been very helpful for me. I have been treated for PMR since December 2020. I have had all 4 covid vaccines available. I thought it was my imagination when following each shot I experience an increase in severity of PMR symptoms that.lasted 6 weeks. I am really reluctant to take the latest vaccine when it.comes available but I am in the high risk category and support the.vaccine.program generally . I will have to talk to rheumatologist, but may decline for as.long as.possible.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Sep 22, 2022

Hi @mary4, Welcome to Connect. So sorry to hear the vaccine caused your PMR. I'm also in the high risk category and have had both vaccines and 2 boosters but I was lucky in that it didn't cause my PMR to come out of remission and I just had the normal side effects of the vaccine.

You mentioned the PMR started in December 2020. Are you still on prednisone or an alternative for treatment?

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tillysam | @tillysam | Sep 26, 2022

I took my flu vaccine 2 weeks ago. No problem. I took the newest booster last Thursday and I felt I had a PMR flare up. Two days later, I felt better. I am on 20 mg of Prednisone and had the Moderna vaccine

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