Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

I’m having a major flare with arm/shoulder pain and thigh pain. Prednisone up to 20 mg from5 (was hoping to taper off in a few...

Diagnosed Feb with PMR/ GCA. Slowly tapered and now I am down to 10 mg from 40 mg with no flare ups 🙏🙏 Had SED...

I have been on prednisone (started at 30mg) since May and now have tapered to 5mg with no issues. This week Santa has brought me...

I’m currently in a taper after a slight relapse @ 7mg now tapering 1mg a month started 4mg (3mg AM 1mg PM) 11/1 but began...

I am new to this forum. I had to cut winter vacation short and head home because of aching shoulders, hips and lower back aches...

I am traveling out of the country for 3 months , will be tapering to 8 or 8.5 prednisone in a week and just wondering...

Hi, I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA (biopsy) in 2020. Started at 60 mg prednisone (to prevent blindness!) and took me two years to...

Hi there, I was diagnosed with PMR about 4 months ago ... my rheumatologist gave me a "schedule" for tapering but I haven't been able...

I have been in Kevzara for 14 weeks, prednisone taper down to 1 mg. Over this time I have noticed weakness, and or, soreness in...

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 on Prednisone from the previous July through May this year for PMR, tapering off. I felt ok for a while, with minor pain...

I notice that some members of this group mentioned having a PMR flare after a fall and thought I would share this link to an...

I was dismayed yesterday at a doctor’s visit, that my A1C was now is the “pre-diabetes” range. I knew this was a possible side effect...

I am 69 and very active. I loved to play golf but have been unable since onset of PmR. My PMR was diagnosed a year...

I am a 75 year old male and I was diagnosed w poly myalgia rheumatica (pmr) two months ago while I was at Rochester while...

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 everyone, I was diagnosed with PMR in August. At the time, my rheumatologist took hip X-rays which showed moderate to severe osteoarthritis but I...

I had some symptoms of GCA, headaches, jaw stiffness and mild pain, sore throat, night sweats. I'm waiting on blood work results and in the...

My encounter with PMR began in November 2022, when suddenly I was beset with the pain and stiffness you are all familiar with. Even rolling...

Had lumbar spinal fusion three weeks ago. Was on 2.5 mg prednisone pre- and post-surgery, now at 2mg. Stopped my leflunomide (Arava) 10 days before...