I have been off prednisone for 3 years. I have joint pain but it isn't PMR. Sometimes my joint pain is more now than when I was taking prednisone for PMR. Prednisone relieves pain caused by arthralgia (joint pain) just as much as myalgia (muscle pain) if the pain is caused by inflammmation.

PMR can cause both myalgia and arthralgia. Usually arthralgia is caused by arthritis. Inflammatory arthritis is an autoimmune condition too. Inflammatory arthritis and PMR feel basically the same. When you have both conditions, as I do, your muscles and joints both hurt.

I'm currently taking a biologic that primarily treats the inflammatory pathway implicated in PMR. The biologic I take seems to control both PMR and inflammatory arthritis although a different kind of biologic usually treats inflammatory arthritis.

The biologic I take allowed me to taper off prednisone after more than 12 years. PMR seems to be in remission but my doctors are concerned that inflammatory could still flare up.