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The lowest effective dose, how is it defined?
starting on 15mg of prednisolone for PMR ... I'm now at 8mg and the pain has ... returned after practically no pain, ... It's at tolerable levels but disappointing ... after having been pain free.
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Polymyalgia, Covid Infection, Anti-Virals
my vulnerable status and have had PMR ... Pain levels from PMR over the 12 months ... PMR pain didn’t seem much different ... PMR is very variable in its manifestations
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Enlarged red blood cells (macrocytosis) with PMR
red blood cells (macrocytosis) with PMR ... ENLARGED BLOOD CELLS. 50%+ of all PMR ... After 3 years of continuous PMR pain ... I am pain free!!! ... blood cells have shrunk to near normal levels
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Recently diagnosed, symptom question
have been recently diagnosed with PMR ... wake up around 6 am with some low level ... feel my body tightening up and the pain ... level drops and remains low till next ... Is it typical for pain to increase over
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Questioning PMR diagnosis
Questioning PMR diagnosis ... swollen and right should had sharp pain ... Rheumatologist diagnosed PMR after blood ... am struggling to keep blood glucose levels ... of hand and shoulder stiffness and pain
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Hi @debbiebas216, I totally understand your desire to get off of Prednisone as quickly as possible....
does an incredible job at treating PMR ... if your body is not “finished with PMR ... It sounds like your current pain has ... producing its own cortisol at sufficient levels ... Good luck and I pray we are all pain
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Hi @eby, Good experience tapering off of prednisone is probably not the way most of us...
comments and discussions on managing PMR ... search=pmr%20managing%20symptoms. ... level when I first got up in the mornings ... in my daily log were ones that my pain ... level was 2 or less when I woke up.
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"When you reduce to a lower level, if it only feels a bit more painful try...
"When you reduce to a lower level ... , if it only feels a bit more painful ... an endocrinologist said my cortisol level ... #39;t seem to need Prednisone for PMR ... anymore AND my cortisol level was good
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I'm just wondering what you would consider to be "useful medical advice." The standard of care...
." The standard of care for PMR ... is prednisone and wait for PMR to burn ... mostly consisted of evaluating my pain ... and inflammation levels and checking ... She had empathy for my pain and understood
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Thanks maye. My PMR was only diagnosed because of a single blood test that showed the...
My PMR was only diagnosed because of ... front 60mg of prednisone to 10 but the pain ... and stiffness comes back at that level