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Magnesium & PMR/GCA & digestive homeostasis
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....
Last active: Mar 24, 2023
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Associated migratory primarily thoracic back pain
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...
Last active: Jul 28, 2023
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Can pmr worsen with weather
I’ve posted before as a newly diagnosed . I’m wondering if the weather can make it worse . I live in the uk and this...
Last active: Sep 10, 2024
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Stop taking steroids
Hi I’ve been taking steroids for 6 months now and have come down from 15mg to 7.5mg . The pain levels have not got worse...
Last active: Dec 26, 2024
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Plateau ?
At the 26 month mark since my diagnosis, I certainly know what a flare is and I'm not having one. But I do have a...
Last active: Oct 21, 2025
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Inverse relation between sleep and PMR symptoms
I am tapering prednisone, currently at 10 or 11 mg. I observe that when I sleep poorly (up for part of the night, or rising...
Last active: Oct 14, 2025
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Aching from the most minor of exercise
Diagnosed with PMR early this year. Shoulders, elbows and knees. Started with Prednisone, tapered to 5 mg, but pain is back. I am now experiencing...
Last active: Sep 15, 2024
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Sleep and going to the bathroom a lot on steroids
Ok, let me drag this moose on the table because i have not seen this topic come up. I have been on steroids for over...
Last active: Oct 28, 2023
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Prednisolone and Scabs in Nose
I have tapered down to 2mg for PMR and many of my side effects have eased. However, like the last bout of PMR 12 years...
Last active: Nov 6, 2023
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GCA Symptons while on Predisone
I’m wondering what the symptoms are for GCA if you’ve been on prednisone for 2 1/2 months. I’m experiencing some symptoms, but they don’t seem...
Last active: Mar 25, 2025