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Hello @amom7, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You are definitely not alone. There are a lot...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/192799/

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 4, 2019

Welcome @sheralee, So sorry to hear you are struggling with pain. It sounds like you may...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/844999/

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 18, 2023

Hi Annsheehan, Mine almost exactly the same, with the one exception my pain started immediately after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/856404/

Discussion: Anyone diagnosed with PMR after the Covid vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 8, 2023

I had tapered off Prednisone when I caught COVID and I had a mild case that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/815536/

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR), prednisone and Coronavirus COVID-19

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Posted: Feb 22, 2023

Your rheumatologist will likely order more studies to exclude other diagnoses. A baseline Dexascan is helpful...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/924465/

Discussion: New PMR patient, wondering if mornings will become pain free someday

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 5, 2023

Don't taper until you're feeling reasonably well. If you do, the inflammation will slowly accumulate and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/688715/

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 11, 2022

Hi @joan7, I had a temporal artery biopsy done on my right side - since that's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/923110/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

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Posted: Sep 2, 2023

If I understand correctly, Prednisone does nothing to cure PMR or make it go away. I'm...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/931120/

Discussion: When and How to Taper Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 16, 2023

Hi @jennywren, GCA can cause stroke or blindness if untreated and a higher dosage of prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/933916/

Discussion: Does GCA ever present with mild symptoms ?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 21, 2023

Started Kevzara200 last Sunday.Get every two weeks. For now 10 Prednisone and 15 Methotrexate. Will start...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858110/

Discussion: Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR

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Posted: May 11, 2023

My rheumatologist seemed to feel that Kevzara and Actemra were similar and that it did not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858933/

Discussion: Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 12, 2023

I had COVID when I was tapering at 6mg of Prednisone and was experiencing increasing discomfort....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/943045/

Discussion: PMR Flair up From a Virus?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 6, 2023

Yes, I am confident that I developed PMR about 10 days after my 3rd Covid-19 (Moderna)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/941966/

Discussion: PMR Flair up From a Virus?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 4, 2023

I have pmr (diagnosed May of 2022) and gca (diagnosed Sept 2022) and was on high...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/934807/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 23, 2023

I also was playing pickleball (crippleball). My PMR started in December with a hamstring charley horse...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/936108/

Discussion: Are you taking Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 25, 2023

I was on higher dose of Predisone but with not much improvement. My Rheumatologist thinks I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/937548/

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 27, 2023

@redboat Have you ever been diagnosed with anything more specific or is it still "presumptive" PMR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/931264/

Discussion: Corticosteroid injections for polymyalgia rheumatica

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 17, 2023

lindaadel; I am being treated by my primary care Internal Med doc. I was diagnosed in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/944273/

Discussion: What are your rheumatologists using to stop the pain from PMR.?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 8, 2023

I am quite sure that the mRNA booster I had in April 2022 triggered my PMR....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/919309/

Discussion: Any suggestions getting or not getting RSV, flu, covid vaccines?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 26, 2023

I was diagnosed in January of this year. After being off prednisone for 5 weeks yesterday....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/941941/

Discussion: A month into my diagnosis with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 4, 2023

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