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Thanks for these comments. My insurer and medical provider are the same entity, Kaiser Permanente. Getting...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/834268/

Discussion: How hard is it to get on Actemra (Tocilizumab) with PMR?

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Posted: Mar 30, 2023

What sort of side effects have you people had taking 60 mg prednisone ? And at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/833129/

Discussion: Giant Cell Arteritis Diagnosis

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Posted: Mar 27, 2023

How did you feel about PMR being treated with prednisone? I still struggle with that issue...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/832442/

Discussion: How hard is it to get on Actemra (Tocilizumab) with PMR?

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Posted: Mar 26, 2023

I have been tapering down from 10mg. of prednisone starting April 2022 when I was first...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/832045/

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

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Posted: Mar 25, 2023

Morning I have been on prednisone for about 3 years ranging in doses from 15 to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/799684/

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

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Posted: Jan 21, 2023

I have been treated for PMR since July. I am on 15mg of prednisone. Waiting for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794039/

Discussion: PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

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Posted: Jan 8, 2023

Similar experience after Covid booster. 7 months of Prednisone taper with symptoms improved, but creeped back...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/838113/

Discussion: Anyone diagnosed with PMR after the Covid vaccine?

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Posted: Apr 5, 2023

I was diagnosed with GCA in July of 2019. Had all the symptoms and was waiting...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/680426/

Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

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Posted: Feb 13, 2022

I am SO tired of the side effects of prednisone. The main culprits are blurring vision,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/677884/

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

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Posted: Feb 5, 2022

Hello @marda, Welcome to Connect. I know it can be really difficult sometimes to taper off...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/675439/

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

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Posted: Jan 27, 2022

Welcome June @juneh, You are not alone. I think all of us with PMR have had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/674562/

Discussion: PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

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Posted: Jan 24, 2022

Good luck at Duke. My crp goes up as my prednisone is tapered down. I am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/674282/

Discussion: PMR and RA

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Posted: Jan 24, 2022

Hi @annettetompkins that is a true horror story! I'm sorry that your doctor was so blase....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/673511/

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

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Posted: Jan 21, 2022

Hello Teri, thank you for your comments. I got off to an awful start just getting...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/673493/

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

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Posted: Jan 21, 2022

One of the worst aspects of PMR, for me, is that the treatment (prednisone) works but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/836898/

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

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Posted: Apr 3, 2023

Hi all. I have PMR and Giant Cell Arteritis. I started on 40 mg of Prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/670271/

Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?

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Posted: Jan 12, 2022

I am newly diagnosed with PMR. I just started 20MG of Prednisone yesterday and feeling the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/702687/

Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?

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Posted: Apr 26, 2022

I agree! This is my third episode of PMR over the past 30 years. Now during...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/702253/

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

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Posted: Apr 25, 2022

I too suffer from severe fatigue and am on Methotrexate along with Prednisone. Right now on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/700810/

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

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Posted: Apr 20, 2022

Yes the hip and leg pain were excruciating. Thankfully Prednisone took this all away within a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/698063/

Discussion: Buttock/tailbone pain, sitting or lying down - symptom of PMR?

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Posted: Apr 11, 2022

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