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How often does PMR progress to GCA?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Mar 29 2:47pm | Replies (115)

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@minijohn

About 12 months after being diagnosed with PMR and about 2 months after tapering off prednisone, I started experiencing temporal headaches and jaw pain. After a temporal biopsy, I was then diagnosed with GCA.

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My experience sounds similar. After 2 years of PMR down to 3 ml of prednisone, I started having jaw pain and was diagnosed with GCA. Now on 40 ml of prednisone, feeling good but concerned.