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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Apr 5 5:38pm | Replies (154)
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@nyxygirl

Hello @richardab @redboat @tls4 @bfh3 we seem to be in the newly diagnosed group (? Early 2023?) I re-read the post I typed here a while back- I did 30mg 6 days, 27.5 6 days, today is day 1 @ 25mg Prednisone-i remain pain and stiffness free ! YAY -
I think this is a recent, important paper that addressing the question above - Knowledge about the possible patterns of response can only be good -right ?
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Aug 1;59(8):1906-1915. Longitudinal clusters of pain and stiffness in polymyalgia rheumatica: 2-year results from the PMR Cohort Study Sara Muller first author
Results: Five clusters were identified. One cluster represented the profile of 'classical' PMR symptoms (cluster 4 - rapid and sustained)
and one represented sustained symptoms that may not be PMR*. See attached graph for the others.

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nyxygirl | @nyxygirl | Jun 7, 2023

@tls4 *** what else if not PMR -- this NewYork Times column was one of mystery disease columns - the answer was a FUNGAL infection not PMR
nytimes.com/2019/06/05/magazine/hip-shoulder-pain-polymyalgia-rheumatica-diagnosis.html

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etphnhome | @etphnhome | Jun 26, 2023

Good Post

Excellent Large scale study, it also corroborated previous studies. PMR does not lead to an early death. A little higher Alzheimer's in the non-PMR group. Not much but higher. LOL

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