Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

Diagnosed with PMR in March, was on 20 mg of prednisone for 6 weeks and then tapered 2.5 until I reached 10mg in June and...

Today marks the 24th day since I tapered to zero prednisone. I did my taper very slowly, dropping 0.5 mg per month since June of...

I was diagnosed with PMR in April, 2023 and prescribed 15 mg of prednisone tapering monthly until completely off by May, 2024. Understandably, my previous...

After 2 years with PMR, about to go to 2 mg of prednisone and feel like I did back 2 years ago...is the PMR still...

I have been on prednisone for 13 months and was happily tapering down to 10 1/2 mg. Also injecting MTX weekly 40-50 ml. I developed...

Hi, I have been dealing with polymyalgia rheumatica for a little over three months and have been taking 25 mg pf prednisone per day with...

Hello, I have been successfully tapering from 60 mg to 5 mg of Prednisone since diagnosed with PMR in April 2024. I am contemplating having...

I was once told that cortisol levels had "nothing to do with PMR symptoms". I'm more and more convinced that cortisol levels have a lot...

Here is something I think may be strange. I am down to 1 mg. Prednisone with no stiffness or thigh/leg aches. Now, am trying to...

My rheumatologist started me on methotrexate this week, given my 15-month struggle to taper on prednisone. I'm wondering what I can expect in terms of...

I’ve been on prednisone for about 18 months trying to taper. I was down to 7.5 mg daily in December but totally debilitated with PMR...

I originally came down with PMR in March 2020 after the Shingrix vaccine and needed a very slow prednisone taper from 15 mg down to...

Hello all. I haven’t been able to find another thread on this, but apologize if there is. Does anyone experience severe foot pain? One of...

I have decided after researching and discussing with my Dr to ween off Prednisone while switching to methotrexate. I do not like how prednisone makes...

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...

For anyone interested in a good source of information, the Prednisone Pharmacist is prolific with making videos on a wide variety of topics about prednisone....

https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/55/2/347/1822760 Higher initial dosages LOWERED the total time needed to taper to 5mg of prednisone. This study was for Giant Cell Arteritis, a closely related...

British Medical Journal article. This is the most informative article i have read so far and answers questions about tapering schedules, split dosing and why...

I developed a very severe case of PMR 2 years ago. I started on a fairly high dose of prednisone and responded well quickly. I...

hi. I started 20mg Prednisone/Methylpredisolone one month ago. I am noticing that my brain doesn’t function like it used to. very forgetful and the strangest...