Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

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....

I have been tapering for 5 months. I just started 5mg this week. Each time I have tapered after getting below 10mg I always seemed...

I have been on plaquenil 400 mg a day for 7 months and I am taping prednisone also. I am having several side effects from...

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 currently had to increase my 20 mg daily prednisone dose to 30 mg to minimize my hip pain and shoulder pain joint complaints but...

I'm a 73-year-old female in otherwise good health, but was diagnosed with PMR in August 2024. After tapering down from 20 mg/day Prednisone to zero,...

PMR started Feb. 2022. Having had a flare up at 6mg (Sept. 2022 while tapering by 1mg/month) I then was put back to 15mg for...

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...

Will there be a time when the PMR actually goes away, or is this a lifetime diagnosis? I have to taper off prednisone rather quickly,...

I have had two rheumatologists discourage pill splitting. I have to believe they have what I'll call 'medical logic' for discouraging their patients splitting prednisone...

Hello, I've had PMR for 2 years. After lots of struggles finally tapered to 5 mg daily. Currently on vacation hours from home, developed severe...

Lots of threads on here to the question of fatigue. I know I suffer from it. It is well documented that steroids can cause fatigue...

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...

I’ve had PMR now for a 18 months. Mostly pain in my hips, thighs, and lower back. I have been trying to taper down the...

I just wanted to share some info about my new treatment but wanted to give you a little history first. I was diagnosed with PMR...

I was diagnosed with PMR in August of 2023. My family doctor has been all I have seen about my disease. I was ok with...

I am new to this, so apologies if I am not using this forum correctly. Diagnosed last week with PMR by my GP, diagnosis confirmed...

I’d love to hear other people’s experiences of living with someone on high-dose, long-term prednisone. My husband has PMR and a serious case of GCA...

My husband was diagnosed with PMR May 2023, GCA (giant cell arteritis) Feb 2024. He's been on high-dose Prednisone the entire time. Started on 30...

I was diagnosed in March for PMR at the age of 64. At the time I could not raise my shoulders and my hips, both...