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Am very sorry to learn of your diagnosis. I've had Temporal Arteritis (GCA) for 7 years....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/88636/

Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 10, 2016

I was virtually pain free 2 days after starting on 20 mg of prednisone after being...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/867845/

Discussion: Prednisone only mildly helpful for my PMR, is this common?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 27, 2023

How long did it take you to taper off prednisone? I tried to go down to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/868572/

Discussion: Divided dose or all at once?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 29, 2023

For me, it was a 22 month slow taper. Many things that I read said 6...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/871767/

Discussion: Have you been able to taper prednisone with long lasting success?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 3, 2023

Mayo I am a 72 year old woman of Scandinavia/English descent. I began experiencing pain a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860754/

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

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Posted: May 16, 2023

First, I wish to say that it takes fortitude to come off prednisone like that. On...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860893/

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 16, 2023

I'm currently off prednisone but I took it for more than 12 years for PMR. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/868001/

Discussion: Divided dose or all at once?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 28, 2023

Wishing you luck... I don't know if GCA could pop up again as a problem, but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870650/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1, 2023

Yes I have had the biopsy You are correct .. mine said GCA healed !! Whatever...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/865629/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

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Posted: May 24, 2023

I was diagnosed recently with GCA. My Rheumatologist started me on 60 mg of Prednisone tapering...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864950/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 23, 2023

I received Actemra for PMR 4 years ago.. Actemra was requested and approved. Actemra works very...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864851/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 22, 2023

Thanks for your comments. My Prednisone tapering schedule goes down to 10 mg in 2 weeks,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/861851/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 18, 2023

I was an underachiever when it came to tapering off quickly. It took me more than...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860982/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 17, 2023

Ask your Dr. If tapering and taking a low dose of Naltrexone (LDN 4.5) might be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851125/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

During my first bout with PMR, I did not see any doctors who knew how to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/849077/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 25, 2023

I’m in the same boat. Started with PMR, I think, then had the GCA symptoms but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/332180/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 19, 2021

Thanks Grammy for your fast reply! My blood inflammation markers are normal and initially elevated but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870679/

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1, 2023

Hello @livingwithpmr, Tapering off of prednisone while managing the PMR symptoms can be difficult at times....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/872043/

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 4, 2023

Hi @jholland ... What do you mean by experimental stages of inflammatory arthritis? The biologic that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/876094/

Discussion: Is it PMR (and/) or Osteoarthritis?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 10, 2023

Hi @lanieg, I'm sorry to hear that the prednisone is messing with your blood glucose. That...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/876418/

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 11, 2023

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