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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 27 8:38am | Replies (1879)Comment receiving replies
I’m 83 and was diagnosed two months ago. The methylprednisolone I was prescribed worked very quickly and I was feeling great. Now I have terrible pain in my Achilles tendon, and it’s not getting any better. I’m beginning to think it’s another symptom of PMR. Has this ever happened to anyone ?
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I am curious that my new Achilles Tendonitis is a side effect of my 2 plus yrs of Prednisone tx for PMR.
Does anyone know?
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Achilles tendonitis can be a part of generalized inflammatory arthritis.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/achilles-tendonitisI have both inflammatory arthritis and PMR. It doesn't have to be one or the other. Sometimes it is a combination of things. My rheumatolgist blamed all of my pain on systemic inflammation due to a variety of things. She actually said I had a "full range" of rheumatology problems.
I use to play sports but that was a long time ago. I don't think that was the reason for my Achilles pain but might have contributed some wear and tear on my achilles.
I don't think PMR was the main reason for it either. Prednisone weakens tendons and sometimes causes them to rupture. I have tears on my achilles tendon but it hasn't ruptured yet. However, another tendon did rupture while I was on high dose prednisone.
The "spontaneous" tendon rupture happened at work so there was a debate if it was "work related" or caused by prednisone. Nobody claimed it was due to PMR but the exact cause was a mystery. There was no evidence to conclude anything except that my tendon ruptured spontaneously! It takes quite a bit of effort to rupture a tendon.