Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 have GCA having been biopsied last January. I am on Actemra which I am handing well and was on a taper of Prednisone. 6...

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...

Since a rheumatologist diagnosed my PMR more than two and a half years ago, two other doctors have second-guessed him. Because PMR is a disease...

I'm so angry and frustrated right now. Legs have been feeling much better. Rotator cuffs and shoulders still painful but somewhat improved. Have resumed walking...

LONG 3 yr story made short: With the onset of COVID Nov 2020, I began experiencing deep migrating aching pain in my buttocks, lower legs...

Just a theory; I been treated for PMR since April 2023. It began after I stated new exercises for my legs (which I haven’t done...

Since it's been a couple of years since the last discussion I found about one of my problems since going on Pred---red eyes that are...

Had brain surgery also stents for anersyums . 35 replacement joint surgery in hands every time a replacement broke dr who develop them put in...

Our kids live out of state and haven't seen their dad since he developed giant cell arteritis (GCA). I'm headed down for a visit this...

In April of 2015 I was diagnosed with polymyalgia and giant cell arteritis and was put on 60m of prednisone daily.<br />After a month my...