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I can appreciate your concern. On my taper from 20 mg of 1 mg per month,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1318170/

Discussion: Shortness of breath ..dyspenia..while on prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1 8:01pm

I'm not making excuses for your rheumatologist. There are many entities including doctors from Mayo and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1318222/

Discussion: Shortness of breath ..dyspenia..while on prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1 10:08pm

When I was first diagnosed with PMR. A primary care doctor told me later that at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1318225/

Discussion: PMR relapse symptoms

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1 10:56pm

I had another autoimmune condition that was characterized by recurring flares. For flares of uveitis my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1319014/

Discussion: PMR and the taper

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 2 10:00pm

I get several sheets of paper about side effects every time I pick up my prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1290758/

Discussion: Side effects of prednisone

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Posted: Apr 26 7:52pm

I have had PMR for two years. Initially hospitalized for a week the pain was intense,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1290877/

Discussion: PMR and Hip, Back Pain

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Posted: Apr 27 6:31am

I don’t recall my rheumy discussing side effects but that was 6 months ago and I’ve...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1291176/

Discussion: Side effects of prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 27 12:37pm

People who can taper off prednisone quickly are my hero. I used to be able to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1289668/

Discussion: Tapering prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 25 12:12pm

Excellent article, thank you. I appreciated this paragraph on tapering strategies: “In general, glucocorticoid taper can...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1291826/

Discussion: Glucocorticoid-induced Adrenal Insufficiency

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Posted: Apr 28 9:35am

I was 66 when I woke up one day with severe pain in my shoulders in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1291907/

Discussion: I’m just wondering how old most of you are with PMR

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Posted: Apr 28 10:46am

Yes. I was always going 110 mph. And then last spring I couldn't do an hour...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1292292/

Discussion: Is fatigue a symptom of PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 28 9:23pm

Very interesting. That is almost the exact schedule that I successfully followed, but I was never...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1292608/

Discussion: Anyone have discomfort or pain when tapering off prednisone?

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Posted: Apr 29 10:21am

I was diagnosed, finally, with PMR & GCA at about 64. Eventually I went through 15...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1290325/

Discussion: I’m just wondering how old most of you are with PMR

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Posted: Apr 26 10:37am

I was disgnosed with PMR in Oct 2023, after ruling out with testing several other conditions...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1294365/

Discussion: Length of PMR condition

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Posted: May 1 2:03pm

I just got diagnosis at almost 72! Out of the blue. A month & a half...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1296453/

Discussion: I’m just wondering how old most of you are with PMR

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Posted: May 4 11:49am

I'm sorry you lost part of your vision. I had several instances of temporary vision loss...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1299294/

Discussion: Tapering off prednisone with GCA temporal arteritis

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Posted: May 7 5:20pm

I am 76, diagnosed 2 months before I turned 70. I am currently taking 2.5mg prednisone....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1300267/

Discussion: I’m just wondering how old most of you are with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 9 8:04am

After consuming 27,000 mg of Predisone in one year, I also found it hard to taper...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1321792/

Discussion: PMR (ending prednisone) and Osteoarthritis flare up

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6 3:00pm

"I still do not personally know anyone who like me has pmr, in 7 years." ---------------------...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1322183/

Discussion: Trouble going below 3mg

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 7 9:58am

An incredible number of people say 7 mg is where their pain returns. I wonder what...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1319872/

Discussion: Knee pain and PMR?

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Posted: Jun 4 5:43am

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