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How do you know when you have achieved remission? How do you tell when you have...
zero prednisone, I soon had to go back ... I still have lots of aches and pains ... insufficiency also can cause aches and pains ... Maybe that is causing some pain. ... I agree with you ...as long as my pain
Posted: Dec 9, 2022
I too have severe PMR pain on the inside of my knees and goes down to...
I too have severe PMR pain on the inside ... Prednisone helps calm the pain but too ... treatment between the # of mg/day & PMR ... a lot and my strength/balance came back-so ... did the PMR.
Posted: Dec 9, 2022
Hi @deborahinmaine, I wasn't diagnosed with PMR/GCA for a year after symptoms started. I had severe...
deborahinmaine, I wasn't diagnosed with PMR ... I had severe pain and stiffness everywhere ... didn't get any relief from the PMR ... /GCA pain until I started prednisone ... Now I'm back to doing what I can
Posted: Dec 8, 2022
My first time with PMR took me 3 and half years to taper off. It can...
My first time with PMR took me 3 and ... post that I filed away in case my PMR ... us are different when it comes to pain ... too fast according to your body, the pain ... comes back. -- Dead slow and nearly
Posted: Dec 8, 2022
I would be very inclined to think that your back/hip pain is related to the PMR....
be very inclined to think that your back ... /hip pain is related to the PMR. ... Over the years I've had PMR I&#39 ... ;ve never had flare up pain that showed ... and then I brought my dose back down
Posted: Dec 6, 2022
I think the first time in 2007 I started at 20mg for two weeks and then...
weeks until I started having too much pain ... or a month if I was struggling with pain ... Then 6 years after that the PMR returned ... What helped me was keeping a daily pain ... so I wasn't going all the way back
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Dec 4, 2022
Hi Keelin. This is an interesting case as so many of us have considered Prednisone a...
pain. ... Pain relief came within 24 hours, and ... months and have recently had to go back ... taper which will hopefully snap me back ... There are times when the pain is so
Posted: Dec 1, 2022
I've never had to use methotrexate. Prednisone was my magic pill for both occurrences of PMR....
magic pill for both occurrences of PMR ... stop taking it without having any pain ... remission for about 6 years and the PMR ... came back in 2016. ... Started back up with 20mg prednisone
Posted: Nov 12, 2022
I am finally off of prednisone after over 1.5 years! I was on 1 mg. for...
off, I would get upper arm and mid back ... pain. ... rheumatologist who believes that I never had PMR ... begin with since I only experienced pain ... My hip pain is slightly worse, but that
Discussion: Tapering
Posted: Nov 2, 2022
I can’t tell you how thankful I am for this group. I’ve learned so much by...
week of Prednisone knocked out the pain ... but the pain came right back. ... In addition I had hip pain. ... Finally blood tests confirmed that I had PMR
My situation is very similar. I started at 20mg, which did nothing. 40mg was magic--took away...
I tried to taper to 30mg, pain came ... back full force. ... Now I'm back at 40 but have more ... pain than before (though not a full ... me I have an unusually bad case of PMR
Posted: Oct 18, 2022
Hi, I have had PMR for about a year and a half, I thought it was...
Hi, I have had PMR for about a year ... stopped taking prednisone it came back ... Now I am getting pain in my temples ... I did go back on a low dose of prednisone
Posted: Oct 6, 2022
My journey with PMR began shortly after my 65th birthday and my 5th haircut. I shouldn’t...
My journey with PMR began shortly after ... up one morning in mid-June and the pain ... move now without the excruciating pain ... I felt back in June/July. ... I have PMR, I have Scottish ancestry
Hi Teri. I’m going through a nightmare right now. I’ve had a rheumatologist for 5 years....
in Jan I started with shoulder, arm back ... pain, aside from my usual aches. ... She said my levels are fine, go to pain ... have great drs that specialize in PMR
Posted: Sep 30, 2022
Hi. I am new to this group (and Mayo Connect). My question is when tapering and...
I was diagnosed with PMR 4 years ago ... Symptoms started to creep back slowly ... Pain got so unbearable, Dr put me back ... totally alleviated within 2 days. so back ... to a PMR diagnosis (relapse).
Posted: Sep 19, 2022
I had 3 Pfizer vaccines and on my 4th vaccine, I decided to “mix it up”...
Moderna shit I started experiencing pain ... my joints - especially knees, lower back ... I had some pain and stuff after first ... He diagnosed PMR and started me on 40 ... to get another vaccine until this PMR
@njtodctode, PMR can be difficult to diagnose and prednisone normally takes away the pain when you...
@njtodctode, PMR can be difficult to ... prednisone normally takes away the pain ... me and I wasn't sure if it was PMR ... If not, switch back to what I was taking ... in their shoulders, back, and hip girdles
I do emphasize with this roller coaster ride of PMR and prednisone. I Have been gradually...
emphasize with this roller coaster ride of PMR ... I suddenly started having low back pain ... No other PMR symptoms but was initially ... that works then it probably isn’t PMR
Yes, there does seem to be relationship between moderate exercise and increased PMR symptoms with lower...
between moderate exercise and increased PMR ... months without a diagnosis and had backed ... my activity level way off due to pain ... There was no pain and no after-effects ... will not drop my dose until I get back
Posted: Aug 26, 2022
I'm in a similar situation as @susiequeue . The ER started me on one of the...
As soon as I got below 35mg the pain ... came roaring back; after 2 more ER ... visits, my neurologist put me back up ... she is surely more experienced with PMR