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When it went away the first time I felt pretty good and about the same as...
was such a sharp difference in the pain ... level when the PMR was active and when ... taking the prednisone I had a little pain ... prednisone with a little ache but not real pain
Hi Sally @sallygosse, the good news is that there are a lot of us here on...
are a lot of us here on Connect with PMR ... with prednisone and my episodes of PMR ... different and may have different threshold levels ... for pain. ... was too big of a jump for me and the pain
Hi @reagan1mc -- I would tend to agree with you that in most cases no one...
sort of imbalance at the cellular level ... Hoping for a pain free day for all my ... PMR pals (PN and chronic pain pals
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Jan 5, 2018
I had a cortisone injection in my spine a couple of months ago. The pain management...
Ever since I got PMR in 2021 I have ... as being at the L2-3 level and nerve ... roots from that level can cause anterior ... I had read that PMR can cause interspinous ... in PMR sufferers but I am quite sure
Posted: Feb 5 4:12pm
No ... DHEA wasn't recommended. I tried DHEA for a month on my own and stopped...
to stay on 3 mg until my cortisol level ... on 3 mg was because Actemra kept PMR ... second time, Actemra seems to keep PMR ... don't have a rapid increase in pain ... but my pain levels gradually increase
@nyxygirl Thank-you for the article about the debate doctors are having. I was good to read...
works so quickly and provides fast pain ... long term prednisone use waiting for PMR ... When my cortisol level was found to ... Only when my cortisol level was adequate ... As far as I know, PMR is now in complete
I have had autoimmune condition......just being treated for PMR.......see a real doctor in late May. But...
condition......just being treated for PMR ... But over the years my stress level differently ... caused a lot of problems with my body pain
Hi @jasharum, my scalp was tender to the touch. I didn't notice it until I touched...
My pains with GCA were always intermittent ... My pain with PMR was constant. ... How is your energy level? ... Both PMR and GCA can result in anemia
Posted: May 6 12:46pm
Welcome @euchrema20, You are not alone with the fatigue. It was with me often when my...
It was with me often when my PMR was ... When my PMR was active I definitely ... search=PMR+fatigue. ... Do you keep a daily log of your pain ... level and prednisone dose to help with
@joan7 Your disease progression is remarkably similar to mine. I'm 64 years old, male, northern European...
PMR started on January 14, 2023, and ... was very severe, with excruciating pain ... broken in my body, extraordinarily high levels ... inflammation (10x higher than most with PMR
When my PMR was active and I was tapering, I would wake up with a pain...
When my PMR was active and I was tapering ... , I would wake up with a pain level ... The rest of the day was relatively pain ... prednisone treatment was to help the pain
Welcome Terri @rocksology, You are not alone and from reading your story I'm thinking you may...
most of us have started with this PMR ... started by other members here in the PMR ... discussion/comprehensive-overview-of-pmr ... helped me was keeping a daily log of my level ... of pain in the mornings and my dose
Posted: Mar 13 12:24pm
How do you know when you have achieved remission? How do you tell when you have...
I still have lots of aches and pains ... I also have a low cortisol level. ... Maybe that is causing some pain. ... My uric acid level is elevated too. ... I agree with you ...as long as my pain
Posted: Dec 9, 2022
Welcome @notagoodfeeling, I sense a tiny bit of humor in the member name you chose and...
chose and can definitely relate to PMR ... tapering process for both time my PMR ... active was to keep a daily log of my level ... taper to the next lower dose I used my level ... back up a little based on my level
I am in my mid-70s and was unusually active for my age before diagnosed with PMR....
be as much an assist to relieving PMR ... effect is to incrementally increase the level ... I also believe that a certain level ... It's not the level of athleticism ... of normal functions (other than the pain
Posted: May 24, 2024
How is anyone supposed to know when PMR "burns out" or "self limited itself? If PMR...
It was some kind of pain but it was ... like the original shoulder pain when ... Pain was the overall reason but I don ... pain, When I started to read more ... However, if you have consistently high levels
Posted: Apr 10, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR on April 12th of this year after being in incredible pain...
I was diagnosed with PMR on April 12th ... this year after being in incredible pain ... I became pain free with the 20mg dose ... told me the goal was to get me at a level ... where I was pain-free.
Discussion: PMR/GCA
Posted: May 29 9:54am
I recall being similarly despondent at the same 8mg point when some morning pain and fatigue...
the same 8mg point when some morning pain ... 's recommendation to record a pain ... level each morning (1-10 scale) was ... PMR takes a while to resolve and prednisone ... bay while the body recovers from the PMR
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Posted: May 7 4:42pm
I took atorvastatin for many years. It was started shortly after being diagnosed with PMR and...
shortly after being diagnosed with PMR ... A low cholesterol level in conjunction ... with an elevated CK level suggested ... increased again but my CK level didn ... explain some of my muscle aches and pains
I have tapered off prednisone when on Actemra ... not Kevzara. Kevzara works on the same...
I was surprised by not having my PMR ... ;believed" Actemra was helping PMR ... I had pain but I didn't think it ... was PMR pain. ... I attributed the pain to arthritis.