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PMR flare at a drop from 8 to 7 mg of prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 2, 2023 | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
A wide variety of inflammatory conditions can cause elevated C-Reactive Protein levels. I was diagnosed with multiple inflammatory conditions including PMR. My rheumatologist called it "systemic inflammation" rather than PMR only.
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I think C-Reactive Protein is "usually" elevated in PMR but it doesn't confirm PMR. However, you have to allow for some people who have PMR with a normal C-Reactive Protein level.
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anecdotal experience from my CRP testing, showed normal labs but three different MDs identified PMR after other extensive testing. A few years before had elevated CRP with "walking" pneumonia, no PMR symptoms at that time. In England and Australia and New Zealand PMR patients routinely are prescribed prednisone, or prednisolone, for more than five years to manage the debilitating pain and stiffness from PMR.