Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group | Page 19

@docmeehan Hello! Did you ever get the information that you were looking for a year ago?...

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Discussion: PMR/GCA

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 3 3:15pm

@mech When I went on Kevzara l nothing was said abt prednisone levels. It was all...

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Discussion: Kevzara or Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 3 6:53pm

@kare1 how quickly are you tapering? I have had PMR since December 2025 and refused to...

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Discussion: Studies on Covid 19 vaccine causing PMR

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Posted: Apr 5 11:12am

There are two foods that you can eat that help increase bone density, blueberries and prunes....

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Discussion: Bone density loss and prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 3 2:09pm

Welcome @bandorino, Sorry to hear you joined the PMR club. It's not a lot of fun...

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

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Posted: Apr 6 8:00am

In discriminating between the pain of PMR and the pain of osteoarthritis, it helps to get...

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Discussion: PMR vs ARTHRITIS in your knees

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Posted: Apr 7 7:19am

@monigue For what it's worth, I am 83, have had arrhythmia, am on Eliquis, and have...

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Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 11 1:22pm

I really identify with your comments. I’ve been diagnosed with PMR last Summer after a period...

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Discussion: PMR: Please suggest important first questions to ask rheumatologist

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Posted: Apr 11 7:08am

@stonewheel “ self tapered off Pred by 3 1/2 months when the Kev fully kicked in,...

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Discussion: PMR: Please suggest important first questions to ask rheumatologist

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Posted: Apr 11 1:46pm

@tweetypie13 Are you now off Kevzara? How long did you continue Kevzara after stopping Prednisone? Lastly,...

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Discussion: PMR: Please suggest important first questions to ask rheumatologist

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 11 10:21am

@kjoed53 ....I taper to a tolerable level which is 3 or less.......if the pain goes above...

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Discussion: Prednisone tapering: How did you do it pain free?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 12 3:45pm

Thank you for the advice. When I told the rhematologist that I was concerned that such...

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Discussion: PMR relapse symptoms

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Posted: Apr 14 11:38am

I agree one thousand percent. I remind my doctors that they also give Prednisone to hospice...

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Discussion: Prednisone tapering: How did you do it pain free?

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Posted: Apr 13 4:10pm

@emrose what was your dosage of Prednisone with GCA? How long did it take you to...

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Discussion: Has anyone experienced a fever with PMR?

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Posted: Apr 16 3:08pm

@cazwell50 I agree with your comments 100%. After tapering from prednisone, the gelling remained and the...

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Discussion: Home stretch: how do you know you have arrived?

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Posted: Apr 8 9:22am

These are great questions to ask. It has been over a year since my diagnosis and...

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Discussion: PMR: Please suggest important first questions to ask rheumatologist

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Posted: Apr 8 9:31am

I did not want to go on Methotrexate. I fought hard not to go on it...

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Discussion: Methotrexate and prednisolone

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Posted: Apr 16 2:18pm

@kayept Being from California, as well as having grown up in wine country, I am a...

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Discussion: Moderate Use of Alcohol

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Posted: Mar 26 6:46am

@lucasego "prednisone is usually the standard treatment mainly because it’s easier to titrate and taper rather...

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Discussion: Kenalog v. prednisone

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Posted: Apr 22 2:40pm

What should I say, being 86 years old. The pain came suddenly over night . Immediately...

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Discussion: PMR or PREDNISONE

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Posted: Apr 22 5:20pm