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@amptrooper - I tapered off of my Prednisone in October and around Thanksgiving I started having...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/88700/

Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

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Posted: Mar 13, 2019

@dreamer38 I’m so sorry, I guess I misled you. I have a brain lesion, not PMR,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/138073/

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

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Posted: Sep 5, 2019

Hi @ambershe, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I also have polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) but it is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137879/

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

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Posted: Mar 9, 2019

I have GCA, since the beginning of 2020. Treatment is prednisone. I am trying to taper...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/663928/

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

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Posted: Dec 20, 2021

Hello @mopo, from what I've read about PMR and the proper dosage of prednisone, recovery is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/652642/

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

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Posted: Nov 9, 2021

Hi warriorsue333 I'm wondering if your mom actually experienced negative health effects on the prednisone or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/660427/

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

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Posted: Dec 7, 2021

Hi @maryannhaller I had PMR for 9 -10 months, untreated, then got a horrible stiff neck,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/660406/

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

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Posted: Dec 7, 2021

HI, I'm sorry that you are having PMR pain and are unable to see a doctor...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/659612/

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

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Posted: Dec 4, 2021

As always just the discussion I needed! Thanks all. John I have a question about how...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/658970/

Discussion: Supplements to reduce inflammation

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Posted: Dec 1, 2021

I know that a rheumatologist or even regular doctors will want you to taper off of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/658965/

Discussion: Supplements to reduce inflammation

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Posted: Dec 1, 2021

I have just tapered to 8 mg of prednisone from 9 after a month 3 days...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/656419/

Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?

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Posted: Nov 22, 2021

Hi Hilary @hilary62, I see this is your first post in the PMR group so I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/654120/

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

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Posted: Nov 14, 2021

I have not noticed the pain so much in my thumbs, but quite a bit in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/644867/

Discussion: Scaphoid joint (thumb) pain and stiffness with PMR

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Posted: Oct 14, 2021

I started following the Mayo Clinic website after my sister had a Covid19 vaccine and developed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/641659/

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

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Posted: Oct 3, 2021

I wish you well with the tapering. I am now tapering back down. I was at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/638857/

Discussion: PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

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Posted: Sep 25, 2021

Thank you for your reply. I took the vitamin A at bedtime along with the 10...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/645285/

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

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Posted: Oct 15, 2021

@novabill, can you describe background pain a little more? I'm wondering if when you tapered from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/624057/

Discussion: Plaquenil and PMR

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021

Hi @suebep, Welcome to Connect. I think most of us affected by PMR can agree with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/624048/

Discussion: Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?

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Posted: Aug 7, 2021

I had PMR for a couple years (maybe more) before I could no longer stand the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/651272/

Discussion: Did statin cause PMR?

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Posted: Nov 4, 2021

I had my first bout of PMR thirteen years ago in 2008 when I was 62....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/651100/

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

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Posted: Nov 4, 2021

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