Hi @johnbishop, thank you for welcoming me to Connect. Yes my Rheumatologist tried to give me Plaquenil while weaning me off of Prednisone, but I didn't take it due to side effects. So now I am completely off of Prednisone and rely on OTC pain medications again for my arthritic pains. As for my stomach flu, that began a week ago today. My family doctor knows about the stomach flu, and she told me that I would have to let it run it's course. Today I noticed my PMR pain in both my arms, hands and my headache and pains in my neck and now my eye sight is much worse. I will try to contact my Rheumatologist and see what if anything she can do to help me. I just thought I would ask if the stomach flu could make PMR pain worse or if anyone ever heard of such a thing.