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Hello @mnmom1, Welcome to Connect. Several members have mentioned splitting their prednisone dosage to help with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/790321/

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 30, 2022

Hi @maggie14, I think that video wasn't part of the article but an advertisement on the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/789988/

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 29, 2022

Hello @cramsey, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear you are having to deal with the PMR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/789845/

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 28, 2022

This is my second taper after 3 years. I’m feeling good now on 2 mg but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/788613/

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 25, 2022

Hi @christi48, I got two COVID vaccine before I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA, which...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/788141/

Discussion: When in PMR remission: What's your experience with covid vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 23, 2022

Hi marmak ... I'm a retired nurse. I took prednisone for more than 12 years so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/787132/

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 20, 2022

You should discuss this with your rheumatologist. Many rheumatologists will refuse to write for prednisone prescriptions...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/787086/

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 20, 2022

Hi Paul, For most people, on the appropriate dosage of prednisone, PMR symptoms will disappear -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/786627/

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 19, 2022

I was diagnosed with PMR in late-November. First, right shoulder swole and arm barely functioned; took...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/786379/

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 18, 2022

I've been on 60 mg of prednisone since september when they diagnosed me with cryoglobulinemia. At...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783233/

Discussion: Feeling tired! Do others with PMR feel significantly more tired?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 10, 2022

Hi @johnarbaugh, you described my PMR hip pain almost exactly. My PMR pain was first concentrated...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/781621/

Discussion: PMR and Hip, Back Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 6, 2022

I’m now up to eight 2.5 methotrexate tabs once a week from six. My head is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/780946/

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 4, 2022

Hi @jerseyjames, Am I reading correctly that you tapered from 24mg down to 4mg prednisone in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/780915/

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 4, 2022

I'm relatively new to this PMR experience. You are the first person I've heard of who...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/767448/

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 30, 2022

Thank you for your input. I started out my prednisone at 15mg - didn't help at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/765464/

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 25, 2022

I was diagnosed with PMR 5 months ago. Started on Prednisone 40mg, felt great. Just recently...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/765338/

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 25, 2022

I was diagnosed in June 2022 with PMR.Started out on 30 mg prednisone and then gradually...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/772808/

Discussion: Do I really have PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 13, 2022

Welcome @janettec, Sorry to hear you are having difficulty tapering off of prednisone with your PMR....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/777606/

Discussion: Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 26, 2022

I also am tapering down on my prednisone and my rheumatologist has me dropping dosage every...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/777458/

Discussion: PMR questions about prednisone, surgery limitations, pain and more

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 26, 2022

I have been taking Actemra (tocilizumab) for almost 4 years. I have been mostly off prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776020/

Discussion: Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? FDA approved for GCA

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 21, 2022

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