Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

I contracted PMR October 2024, went through a very painful 2 months before getting it diagnosed in January 2025, and now successfully tapered off Prednisone...

I'm a 73-year-old female in otherwise good health, but was diagnosed with PMR in August 2024. After tapering down from 20 mg/day Prednisone to zero,...

I was diagnosed with PMR the end of October 2024 and have been on prednisone ever since and tapering. Right now I just increased from...

I had PMR for twenty months and thanks to Prednisone, good doctors and advice from Mayo Connect I was able to taper my way back...

I had symptoms of PMR nine years ago and rheumatologist prescribed prednison. I took this for a few months and tapered off to 2 mg....

Has anyone had experience with getting their doctors to prescribe, AND their insurance to pay for, Actemra (Tocilizumab) when they "only" have PMR? Some background:...

It's been a week since I stopped taking my last daily dose of 1/4 mg of prednisone, tapering from 20 mg for the last 18...

I’ve had what was diagnosed as PMR for 2 years. My pain and stiffness is getting worse as time goes on even though I’ve been...

Hello. I am new to this group and recently diagnosed with PMR. My blood work (SED, CRP, CCP) are all normal. My ANA panel was...

I am new to this, so apologies if I am not using this forum correctly. Diagnosed last week with PMR by my GP, diagnosis confirmed...

Hi, I've been struggling with PMR since May '22. Most of my symptoms are typical though apparently unusually stubborn; I'm currently on 40mg/day prednisone and...

Recently, I’ve been trying to research out the possible connection of PMR and the use of statin drugs. Does anyone have any information they would...

I was diagnosed in March for PMR at the age of 64. At the time I could not raise my shoulders and my hips, both...

THANK you for the prompt about adrenal insufficiency @dadcue ! You wrote in the Kevzara thread : " I was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency after...

I have to have major back surgery in 3 weeks (rods, fusion etc) due to severe stenosis. The doctors think my steroids were covering any...

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....

So I have been on prednisone and plaq for 20 years. this is because originally they thought i had lupus. I do not. fast forward...

I have been treated for PMR with prednisone since June of 2022. Was doing well on 10 mg until 2 discs blew out in November...

It’s been awhile since I joined and introduced myself. I began my PMR journey July 2022 taking 15mg daily. I thought I was doing a...

I think we’ve all noticed that PMR and Prednisone seem to have different stories for everyone. I believe my experience may help some of you...