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When I got down to 8mg some tolerable pain in the previously painfree joints came back....

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Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

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Posted: Oct 27, 2023

I was NOT given Plaquenil for PMR. I was given Prednesone which worked wonderfully. Later, when...

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Discussion: Are you taking Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) for PMR?

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Posted: Sep 22, 2023

With PMR, I have painful, swollen wrists and stiff hands. And, a rash on the inside...

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Discussion: Swollen hands, rash with PMR

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Posted: Sep 20, 2023

So I am off prednisone entirely for 3 weeks at this point and all of the...

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

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Posted: Sep 16, 2023

Hi, I just bought a new bed where the head and feet adjust up and down,...

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

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Posted: Sep 8, 2023

I'm sorry you have an autoimmune condition. I was diagnosed with PMR at the age of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/925245/

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

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Posted: Sep 6, 2023

It must be difficult having been on prednisone for such a long time @gaylerenee. You might...

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Discussion: Weaning off long term use of prednisone.

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Posted: Jul 18, 2023

I was diagnosed with PMR 3 years ago. I started at 40mg of prednisone. Then slowly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/890995/

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

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Posted: Jul 6, 2023

Hello guys I haven't been on for a bit update from me had a really bad...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/879987/

Discussion: PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

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Posted: Jun 17, 2023

Thank you for sharing that emo. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia as a main condition since...

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Discussion: Breakthrough Pain?

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Posted: Jun 15, 2023

I'm guessing I think that all my conversing is with people from across the pond the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/869882/

Discussion: PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

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Posted: May 31, 2023

I am in Ontario, Canada. My PMR seems tomevolved into RA, because my hands are changing,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858506/

Discussion: How did your PMR begin?

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Posted: May 12, 2023

I am going on 3 years. Saw my GP, a pain management doctor, a neurologist, and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/854929/

Discussion: Any difficulty in diagnosis of PMR?

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Posted: May 5, 2023

Hello Cah, my spine was causing pain down my legs but I also had pain in...

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

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Posted: May 5, 2023

That's about where I am, still on Prednisone, 5 mg. But sore arms, hands. I am...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/852373/

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

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Posted: May 1, 2023

I have had PMR now for 16 months. Healthy, highly active 83YO with no other illnesses...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841691/

Discussion: PMR with normal blood markers

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Posted: Apr 11, 2023

Not completely cured but, after I worked out that my even small amounts of forbidden food...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/834639/

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

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Posted: Mar 30, 2023

I had similar symptoms, and my diagnosis was changed to inflammatory poly arthritis and I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/829729/

Discussion: PMR ongoing

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Posted: Mar 21, 2023

There may be ‘standard’ or ‘typical’ cases of PMR and tapering but mine does not seem...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/818527/

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

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Posted: Feb 28, 2023

You need to see the new rheumatologist sooner rather than later. It’s important to get right...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/800511/

Discussion: Confused: Tapering vs cold turkey stopping prednisone

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Posted: Jan 23, 2023

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