Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

I have had pmr for 2 plus years now and down to 2mg but each time I taper I have had more pain. My goal...

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...

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...

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

I’m going on 3 years now with PMR and my rheumatologist indicates she’s done all she can. I am now on kevzara and tapering down...

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...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

I've had to double my magnesium supplementation for "digestive homeostasis" (ie so I can poop regularly) since getting ill. I'm using magnesium glycinate & magnesium-threonate....