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Welcome @lgreg, I'm sorry to hear you haven't had any relief for the PMR pain yet....
don't have any experience with Methotrexate ... but do have experience with prednisone ... relief within hours of my dose of prednisone ... search=Methotrexate%20for%20PMR. ... doctor or rheumatologist that the Methotrexate
Posted: Jul 21 2:40pm
Hi @lgreg, one of the tests for diagnosing PMR is the patient's responsiveness to a trial...
responsiveness to a trial dosage of prednisone ... If the symptoms remain after prednisone ... I don't know anything about Methotrexate
Posted: Jul 22 2:02pm
I had cortisone shot in right shoulder for PMR pain while tapering off prednisone, only helped...
shoulder for PMR pain while tapering off prednisone ... Next will be getting off 15 mg of methotrexate
Posted: Jun 24 10:13am
Maybe consider asking about getting on Methotrexate or one of the drugs such as Enbrel, Humira,...
Maybe consider asking about getting on Methotrexate ... consider the side effects of being on Prednisone ... while I loved the feel of sufficient Prednisone ... I tried replacing the Prednisone with ... You cannot drink alcohol with Methotrexate
15 mg once weekly. Am tapering prednisone by 2.5 but the next drop will be after...
Am tapering prednisone by 2.5 but the ... Once off prednisone, hopefully can start ... tapering methotrexate. ... Needed a 3 day dose of prednisone at
Posted: Mar 4, 2019
I'm finally down to 2mg Prednisone after 1 year. About 8 months ago I had terrible...
I'm finally down to 2mg Prednisone ... Started on Methotrexate, and pain in ... numbers were off the chart prior to Methotrexate ... Goal now is to get off Prednisone completely
Posted: Jan 17 6:54am
Hi Carley, each of us can be a little different in how PMR affects us if...
occurrences of PMR I was started on 20 mg prednisone ... the pain before I started taking the prednisone ... In some people they also prescribe Methotrexate ... along with the prednisone to treat
Discussion: Still no diagnosis
Posted: Dec 4, 2018
Hello John I’ve been on Prednisone for 2 1/2 years…currently on 7mg daily. I don’t have...
Hello John I’ve been on Prednisone ... which my gastroenterologist said that prednisone ... I’m considering starting methotrexate ... to help reduce my daily prednisone
Posted: Jul 4, 2022
I am so tired --- and mentally - I can't get interested in anything ------- currently...
------- currently on 7.5 mg daily prednisone ... --- 8 / 2.5 mg of methotrexate 1 day ... a week ------ so -- is it prednisone ... 'overload' or methotrexate
Hello, I’m Sarah. My mother was diagnosed with RA from around age 60. Her final years...
I started on Methotrexate lowish dose ... I’ve also been using 5-mg prednisone ... It’s been a full year of methotrexate
I am experiencing what you are going through. I was diagnosed with PMR nine months ago...
ago and was started out on 30 mg of Prednisone ... what to think and declined to give me methotrexate ... He just kept reducing the dose of prednisone ... course of 12 weeks to get off the prednisone
I am sorry you are going through this. I was diagnosed with PMR about eight months...
months ago and was put on 30 mg of prednisone ... to initiate another medication like methotrexate ... PMR based on the fact the 20 mg of Prednisone
Posted: Feb 14, 2023
I'm sixty years old. In addition to PMR I also have Sjögren's. I'm taking 20 mg...
I'm taking 20 mg of prednisone daily ... I've resumed taking 20 mg of prednisone ... daily and I'm on my second week of methotrexate ... Another positive note is that, if the methotrexate
Hello My name is Frannie. I had covid/pnemonia in Jan 2021.. I was ill for 3...
strong antibiotic for pnemonia and prendisone ... jan and the dr put me on 5o mg of prednisone ... have been on medications for that methotrxate.my
Posted: Jan 24, 2023
Hi @kristina8502, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing...
Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone ... following discussion: -- PMR and Methotrexate ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-and-methotrexate ... diagnosed with PMR and started on prednisone
I have been dealing with PMR for 2 1/2 years. Tapered off Prednisone and got a...
Tapered off Prednisone and got a flare ... She clearly wants me off the Prednisone ... #39;t seem to be helping, while on Methotrexate
Posted: Oct 30, 2022