Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Support Group

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

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...

New to this group. Was diagnosed in November of 2024. Started on Prednisone and no real impacts. Was told that some people (me) cant metabolize...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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....

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 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...

Greetings. I was on prednisone for 4 1/2 years, have been off since early October 2025, following slow taper. Glad to be done (also aware...

I was diagnosed with PMR in January after ending up in emergency with extreme pain and unable to walk. In the hospital they gave me...