Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?

I think the fundamental question is how much do you want to avoid the thing the vaccination is supposed to help prevent. There are plenty of things that can trigger PMR that I did not manage to avoid, like stress and Lyme disease. A fear about causation without much evidence to support that fear is less of a concern for me.

Yes, I was first diagnosed with PMR shortly after my 2nd Covid vaccine.

Would be interested in this as well?

I do think that my immune system was burdened by having both the flu vaccine and Covid vaccines while on prednisone for Osteoarthritis pain because I developed Shingles the next week. Having had both kinds of singles shots well be for that, and also a previous bout of shingles , it was surprising, but even more surprising was getting both GCA and PMR during my third week of shingles. Had never even heard of those before that. Now have had PMR more than two months. GCA symptoms come and go. The PMR is in full flare even with prednisone.

Well... I had both a flu vaccine and a pneumonia vaccine at the same time on 12/15/22. On 12/26/22 I went to the emergency room because of severe overall stiffness and pain, could barely walk. They admitted me to the neurological department and after 80 some test sent me home in a walker without a resolution. A few weeks later I was diagnosed with PMR and have been on various dosages of Prednisone since. Recently was prescribed Kevzara but awaiting insurance approval. Barely a sick day my entire life prior to 12/26/22 so one can draw their own conclusion.

Wow
Sorry to hear it - the Medical community needs to get a handle on what is causing PMR -
The Prednisone is helping me a lot - I only have a little bit of soreness in the wrists now.
My shoulder pain is complicated by the fact that I tore tow tendons in left shoulder about 9 months before the vaccinations and PMR onset in 11/24
I have no proof but I feel 100% sure in my gut that the PMR was caused by one/both of the Covid and flu vaccines I received from Walgreens on 11/13/24

Best to you

Jim Gould age 71

Vaccines are evaluated by a criteria that "the overall health benefits" to the vaccinated compare favorably to the non-vaccinated. There are inherent risks associated with all vaccines. It would be impossible to guarantee that no harm will be caused to all individuals that get a vaccine. No vaccine is perfectly safe.

As crazy as it sounds ... I sometimes have adverse effects after vaccines. For this reason, I sometimes refuse a vaccine but not always. I'm not an all or none type of person with respect to vaccines. No rhyme nor reason for which vaccine I get and which vaccine I refuse. 🤔

We shouldn't have to explain that we are not "anti-vaxxers". The adjuvants in vaccines - the ingredient that is added to force our body to have a strong immune response to the vaccine to increase immunity - can sometimes cause a snowball immune over-reaction, an auto-immune response. The statement that vaccines are "safe and effective" is not true for everyone.

Vaccines did not cause my PMR, but people who developed sudden onset PMR within a couple of weeks of having a vaccine in my view have good reason to believe the vaccine or its adjuvants may have provoked PMR. There has been plenty written about it in medical journals.

Shingles vaccine

Thank you

You state:

"From the history you have relayed it is reasonable to think there might be a connection between getting a vaccine and coming down with PMR."

I have found two scientific studies that have made a connection between vaccines and PMR onset:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7249527/
https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/4636
I would like to find more.

If others believe I am being irresponsible and selfish by relaying what happened to me and what I believe - please let me know.

Best Regards,

Jim Gould