Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

Background 1. PMR 40 -20-15-10-7.5-5-2.5-0 mg/daily tapering over 5 months, 77-yr old male in great shape. PMR triggered overseas dive trip (Malaysia) unexpectedly and exceedingly...

How will I know I am remission? I have significant pain each am... and am tapering 1 mg per month... Would remission mean I have...

Just curious how everyone feels right now based on your location. I’m located in central NC (Piedmont area) and have been in cold weather for...

Tapered from 10 mgm Prednisone to 7.5 mgm and it was too much. Increased to 10 mgm 10 days ago, but I'm still having pain...

DOES PREDNISONE CAUSE THIS?? IT STARTED A WEEK AGO I HAVE BEEN TAPERING DOWN FROM 60MG VERY SLOWLY JUST STARTED ON 15 MG. YESTERDAY FROM...

Hello, I've had PMR for 2 years. After lots of struggles finally tapered to 5 mg daily. Currently on vacation hours from home, developed severe...

Does Prednisone cause a change in hair texture. My hair has become very dry and much thinner since I've been on Prednisone. My dosage is...

Three months since tapering off. Somehow, I imagined that once off prednisone and done with PMR, I’d go back to the body I had before....

I have been on Prednisone for a little more than 2 years . I have tapered to 2 mg and have developed pseudo gout in...

I never had any bloodwork inflammation markers for PMR. Tested twice now. But due to age and joint stiffness in neck, hips, thighs, legs, I...

I am on 8 mg of prednisone and tapering 1 mg. Per month. I just got Covid and I’m very achy and sick. Did anyone...

Is it normal to be extremely anxious while tapering? I am now taking 2.5mg of prednisone every other day and Kevzara bi weekly. It's so...

I was diagnosed with PMR June 2024. I have been tapering off prednisone since then. In August my hands began to swell, painful to make...

Anyone affected by blurred vision from PMR?Any new suggestions for pain control while tapering Prednisone??PMR patients suffer chronic pain. If you have just ben diagnosed,...

For almost three years I have been tapering off Prednisone. I am on a cocktail of medication, including pregabalin, tyeene, prednisone, and sometimes celebrex. And...

My husband has PMR since May 2023 and GCA since February 2024. He’s on 50 mg of prednisone and weekly shots of Actemra since developing...

I have been on a combination of prednisone and methotrexate for PMR and because of relapses when I get to 5 mg. of prednisone plus...

I was diagnosed with PMR in early August of this year. It all started after I had A TKR in January which was followed by...

I am traveling out of the country for 3 months , will be tapering to 8 or 8.5 prednisone in a week and just wondering...

Has anyone experienced shaky hands and low blood sugar while on prednisone? I'm tapering from 25 (now on 23mg) and this has happened from the...