Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

I’ve been recently diagnosed with PMR (April 2024) and currently trying to rule out GCA. I have a question. I’m having a hard time differentiating...

I started my ride on this PMR train in August, and I have been on a whirlwind tour since. I feel it's the old "One...

Must husband was diagnosed with PMR in May after suddenly going blind. He spent seven days in hospital. Once released he started on 55mg prednisone...

I had PMR a few years ago & it affected my arms and hands. After being on Prednisone for a year it cleared up. Last...

I have been on a taper for a couple of months - now at 12.5 mg, down from 20 mg. Skin on my hands and...

I am 71 and was officially diagnosed in April, 2023. Reading these posts as well as research articles has been really helpful. It seems there...

I started taking prednisone 10 mg 12-13 years ago for PMR and am now at 3 mg. Now my Rheumatologist says it looks like I...

I contracted PMR 8 months ago when I came down with Covid. it’s started with stiffness in my neck and swelling in my hands rests....

I'm thinking of going off Prednisone and onto Kevzara. Having such bad side effects with Pred that I'm so wanting to stop taking it. The...

This is my second bout with PMR. I had so much energy the first time on prednisone . I’m reducing much slower this time, but...

I have been part of this group for four years. My pain started with hips/thighs, then on to shoulders/arms, then hands/fingers. It has now progressed...

I was diagnosed with PMR Nov. 2021. I am down to 1/2 predisolone pill every other day. In general. I continue to experience fatigue, off...

For anyone who had PMR and tapered off steroids. Did your PMR come back? How quickly? And did it feel the same as the first...

Can Prednisone cause peripheral vascular disease? I am 67 and was healthy before being diagnosed with PMR in October 2022, I was on Prednisone until...

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...

I was diagnosed with PMR about a year ago after I got the high does flu shot. My send rate was not that high but...

In 2017 I was diagnosed with Hashimoto & put on Levothyroxine. After 2 yrs on meds & not feeling better I sought out an endocrinologist....

I developed poor circulation in my hands and feet after diagnosis and commencing Prednisone treatment, my feet are never warm. I also developed peripheral neuropathy...

Last summer I was diagnosed with having PMR. I was placed on Prednisone to manage the pain, but my body could not tolerate this drug...

It’s been a journey and a difficult one to even get to this point. My arm (right) pain after shot was unbearable. Then it spread...