Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

I was newly dxed with PMR about 3 weeks ago. I have had a good response to prednisone, started on 10 mg, now tapering with...

I was diagnosed with PMR in January after ending up in emergency with extreme pain and unable to walk. In the hospital they gave me...

I find that when tapering, I have this lingering stiffness remaining in only my left thigh. All other stiffness responds to my 1-1/2 mg. Medrol....

Diagnosed in June 2022. Have tapered from 40 mg to 3 mg. Taking supplements: multivitamin, magnesium + calcium, vit D, fish oils, turmeric, pycogenol. Gave...

I was diagnosed with PMR 10 years ago and have been on low dose Prednisone (5mg) ever since. Flares happen about once a year on...

I've been more or less successfully tapering with the morning pred dose, supplemented with Meloxicam with dinner as prescribed by my rheumy, but I had...

I was diagnosed with GCA in March 2025 and it has been a roller coaster ride and not a good one. My vision has been...

Finally some guidance from endocrinologists. This is recent information about a topic that is near and dear to me. It discusses many of the problems...

I have PMR and tapered down from 20mg/day to 2 mg/day of Prednisone over 15 months. Then, yesterday I woke up stiff and in pain...

My husband, 72yo, was diagnosed with PMR in March of 2024. He had rather severe symptoms...couldn't get out of chair and pain in neck and...

How many people have come off of Prednisone only to have it reoccur a month later? I have had PMR for 3.5 years and was...

I was diagnosed in December 2024 with PMR/GCA I have tapered down from 48 mg. Methoprednosone to now at 12mg. an on my 2nd week...

Hi Everyone! I was recently diagnosed with GCA and have been on prednisone for over a month now. I am concerned because I started at...

I'm relatively new to the PMR scene - diagnosed in June. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with unremitting pain in one or both shoulders....

One month ago I was diagnosed with PMR which came on after COViD vaccines. I am only 55. My CRP was very high. I was...

Thank you for all of the information and guidance provided by members of this group. It has been very helpful. I have been tapering down...

I have tapered from 40 mg prednisone last February to a current dose of 9 mg. I’ve also been on methotrexate going on three months,...

I have been on plaquenil 400 mg a day for 7 months and I am taping prednisone also. I am having several side effects from...

I have just finished a 5 day course of anti-viral tablets (‘Paxlovid’ - ‘nirmatrelvir’ + ‘ritonavir’) following a positive Covid test. Paxlovid is approved for...

I've been on methylprednisolone for 3 years and down to 6 mg without pain and tapering (again) down to hopefully 2 mg. I can't seem...