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Any side effects from present flu shot with PMR?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Nov 14, 2023 | Replies (52)
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@sunshine4u

After seeing comments about not getting flu shots with PMR, I asked my rheumatologist and she said as far as she knew there was no correlation and recommended I get it because prednisone weakens our immune system. Better to be protected.

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megz | @megz | Nov 13, 2023

My understanding is that prednisone dampens the immune response to vaccines we take, meaning we don't develop as many (if any) antibodies after the vaccine as we would if not taking prednisone. So protection is not guaranteed and we should be as careful to avoid getting the flu as if we had not had the vaccine.

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