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Hello @dnricketts, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing...
. --- PMR: Are there treatment alternatives ... to Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone ... concerns of long term side effects of prednisone
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I become confused by the concerns over longtime use of prednisone, a concern doctors share with...
the concerns over longtime use of prednisone ... life is seriously diminished with PMR ... Maybe some of this pain is NOT PMR related ... Possibly, PMR sufferers are more sensitized ... my case for ten months) with a life altering
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Yes ... I was offered Actemra (tocilizumab) for PMR after "all other treatment alternatives failed." That...
offered Actemra (tocilizumab) for PMR ... after "all other treatment alternatives ... I tried to taper off prednisone starting ... from a dose of 40 mg when PMR was first ... Synovitis is associated with both PMR
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Hello @lestep, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @tillysam and others....
your PMR symptoms can be difficult ... for PMR? ... using schedules such as 10/7.5 mg alternate ... remission is maintained." --- 2015 PMR ... www.rheumatology.org/Portals/0/Files/2015%20PMR
Posted: Mar 14, 2023
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I sympathize with you! I was diagnosed with PMR and took prednisone for 13 years before...
I was diagnosed with PMR and took prednisone ... for PMR. ... I think prednisone is good for PMR if ... PMR shouldn't be allowed to persist ... If it does, there needs to be an alternative
Discussion: PMR and RA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 9, 2023