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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 7 7:07pm | Replies (34)
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Thank you John.
Good to know cancern is on the list. Why not.
I'm satisfied I have PMR. My PCP provided written verification after exam and after the ER result.
So 2 questions and some observations:
1. Why didn't ER provide prednisone?
2. Why seeming lack of urgency by PCP to get prednisone into me. Waited 2d. after ER before relief.
Observations.
1. PMR is personal. For every person it varies. For some lots of pred to get relief for others 20mg.
2. Everybody's PMR is different. For some brain fogginess, for others body lack of fluidity until the PM, for others who knows.
3. Rheumatology science is trial and error. Clear that tapering prednisone can take years.
Sum total of my knowledge.
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Just my guess, but not many doctors want to start a patient on long term prednisone.
In my case, it was assumed I was having a flare of inflammatory arthritis. I was diagnosed with reactive arthritis before PMR was diagnosed.
My rheumatologist restricted prednisone because “inflammatory arthritis isn’t treated with prednisone.”
Why is your spine messed up? My lumbar spine is also a disaster zone.