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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
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
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
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
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 want her to consider Actemra for me. Based on posts in this group, I think...
Prednisone for 12 years. 2) My case of PMR ... and several medications for nerve pain ... Kevzara was FDA approved for PMR in ... Actemra "should work" for PMR ... An approval committee at the local level
Hello to Dadcue, Tuckerp and all my fellow PMR people! I have read all your posts...
Dadcue, Tuckerp and all my fellow PMR ... all your posts here in regards to PMR ... I was feeling weak and the pain in my ... the antibiotics but I had the worst pain ... was at least back to normal pain levels
Discussion: Flare
Posted: Nov 26, 2024
Don't get your hopes up too much because there isn't that much that can be done...
Except that a low cortisol level seemed ... inflammation and the ensuing joint and muscle pain ... I have no idea if it was a PMR flare ... I think PMR inflammation necessitated ... Maybe a combination of PMR and a low
Hi @dadcue, I also find your posts very helpful and was hoping you could share more...
I have had significant pain with tapering—even ... of Prednisone in my 2.5 years with PMR ... My pain becomes unbearable (7 to 8 level ... I do believe that my shoulder pain may ... slightly improved but the hip and back pain
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
@michcan1, Do you keep a daily log with your dose and your level of pain when...
daily log with your dose and your level ... of pain when you first get up in the ... You mentioned the PMR pain was about ... level was above what I considered too ... much (anything above a 2 on my pain
Posted: Nov 17, 2024
"My recent tests showed adrenal insufficiency, after I had gone down from 5 to 4 mg....
mentioned, with 5 mg I still have pain ... mg certainly would erase most of my pain ... Was it an a.m. cortisol level or a synacthen ... still needed prednisone to control my PMR
Posted: Nov 11, 2024
Question is how much pain is worth tolerating to keep reducing prednisone? ------------------------------- I don't think...
Question is how much pain is worth tolerating ... should keep reducing with increasing pain ... Similarly, "tolerable pain" ... levels and side effects allow --- faster ... Only you can decide how much pain is
Posted: Nov 7, 2024