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Echoing the other great advice you’re receiving here(!): -I would get a second opinion. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/888235/

Discussion: Can PMR come on more gradually?

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Posted: Jul 1, 2023

That makes sense, if you feel the pain is bearable. It’s such a tough situation to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/888770/

Discussion: What steroid dosage did you start on? Did you find the right dosage?

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Posted: Jul 2, 2023

Hi @elizabethjoan, I'm sorry to hear that you are now considered a candidate for a hip...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/772601/

Discussion: Prednisone and bone loss. I was diagnosed with PMR

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Posted: Nov 13, 2022

I've tapered from 15mg (6 weeks) to 12.5mg (two weeks) daily and realized just yesterday that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/893749/

Discussion: How did you cope with the side effects tapering off prednisone?

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Posted: Jul 11, 2023

New to this site….four months of pain in the the buttocks area and right arm in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/896950/

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

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Posted: Jul 16, 2023

@paulagcl @johnbishop Hello Paula -- I am also three months into PMR ! This Mayo Clinic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/892085/

Discussion: A low place tonight

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Posted: Jul 8, 2023

Hello @marymckeith, It sounds like you may be tapering too fast. I started at 20 mg...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/894043/

Discussion: How did you cope with the side effects tapering off prednisone?

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Posted: Jul 11, 2023

Do you taper off 20 mg. I just started Cymbalta as I’m tapering off prednisone. Going...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/903686/

Discussion: Associated migratory primarily thoracic back pain

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Posted: Jul 28, 2023

I'm 79 with "extreme risk" osteoporosis and really didn't want to use prednisone, but the pain...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/904886/

Discussion: Do I have polymyalgia rheumatica?

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Posted: Jul 30, 2023

@mikeshell HI Mike ! i am curious about your comment from 5mg to 3 mg --...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/905603/

Discussion: Trying to determine long term prednisone versus other prescriptions

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Posted: Aug 1, 2023

thankyou for your reply . Are you better now back to normal? I spent years going...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860876/

Discussion: i have come off steroids after 11 years, am finding it very difficult

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Posted: May 16, 2023

My rheumatologist says he considers Actemra and Kavzara very similar and expects very similar results if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/861867/

Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?

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Posted: May 18, 2023

Hello. I am scheduled to have TKR in 60 days but just got diagnosis for PMR....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/863933/

Discussion: TKR and PMR

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Posted: May 21, 2023

I would strongly suggest seeing a rheumatologist if possible. My diagnosis was delayed because my family...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/702221/

Discussion: Is everyone here diagnosed with PMR seeing a rheumatologist?

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Posted: Apr 25, 2022

I'm a 52 year old male, and just got diagnosed with PMR about 10 days ago,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/862798/

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

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Posted: May 19, 2023

I am 68 and have been dealing with PMR diagnosis for going on four years. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/867593/

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

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Posted: May 27, 2023

I started on 10 mg and had close to 100 % resolution of symptoms within 48...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/868428/

Discussion: What steroid dosage did you start on? Did you find the right dosage?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 29, 2023

I am so sorry you are having these problems. I have been on prednisone in the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/151167/

Discussion: Giant cell arteritis:I’m afraid and would appreciate any advice

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Posted: May 6, 2017

Anya, am so sorry you are alone and have no support system. I have giant cell...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/151168/

Discussion: Giant cell arteritis:I’m afraid and would appreciate any advice

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Posted: May 6, 2017

Actually, and happily, it does resolve in most cases, after 1-5 years. It’s a self-limited auto-immune...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/868413/

Discussion: Prednisone Side Effects

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 29, 2023

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