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In the first week after PMR diagnosis, I have needed to increase prednisone from 10 to...
In the first week after PMR diagnosis ... until I am in remission, then can try methotrexate ... anyone have experience with Humira for PMR
Posted: Feb 1 5:09pm
It is interesting that you are off prednisone and your doctor is considering starting Actemra. I...
I started Actemra 4 years ago for PMR ... failure of suitable alternatives such as Methotrexate ... medications for 12 years to treat PMR ... negative experience with Actemra because Methotrexate ... FDA approved for the treatment of PMR
Posted: Jan 1 5:46pm
Almost 9 years of PMR. After several flares, I’m on 5 mg prednisone and 12.5 methotrexate....
Almost 9 years of PMR. ... flares, I’m on 5 mg prednisone and 12.5 methotrexate ... At first, the methotrexate brought my
Posted: Nov 26, 2023
Getting PMR into remission is the goal. Just about everybody starts with the prednisone because, as...
Getting PMR into remission is the goal ... My PMR was managed but just barely for ... Doc added methotrexate to the pred and ... I still take the methotrexate as well ... and then off, then start decreasing methotrexate
What a struggle you’ve had to manage! I have RA. I was diagnosed in 2012 with...
acute onset of symptoms that were more PMR-like ... other than liver enzyme spikes from methotrexate
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Dec 2, 2023
@mkportzen, and all... Wow! You've really been through some difficult times with this mess. I'm so...
After the 2nd Covid, I developed new PMR ... , while taking Prednisone 10mg for PMR ... taking 10mg Prednisone daily, 7.5 mg Methotrexate ... several days ago, possibly due to the Methotrexate
In reply to @jabrown0407 "When I received my first PMR diagnosis I refused steroids long term...
jabrown0407 "When I received my first PMR ... seen re: Actemra, hydrox, Kevzara, Methotrexate ... if just untreated inflammation from PMR
Posted: Apr 14 10:58am
I am so afraid of all these drugs and the side effects they cause. I was...
I was diagnosed with PMR in July 2023 ... She started me on MTX (methotrexate) ... any meds at all, just live with the PMR ... pain and reduce the inflammation of PMR
Posted: Jan 9 10:02pm
Yes, I was diagnosed with Sjogren's in 2002. In my case my Immune System uses cytokines...
I had terrible symptoms of PMR by 2016 ... at the recommended point, but the PMR ... Beginning in 9/21 my Rheumatologist tried Methotrexate ... too elevated to ever increase the Methotrexate ... I had Methotrexate injections until
Posted: Aug 12, 2023
Sorry ... I don't advocate for prednisone at all. I would want people to discontinue taking...
diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... As far as I know, methotrexate is one ... Methotrexate hasn't been shown to ... When methotrexate doesn't work for ... When methotrexate doesn't work
Posted: May 28 8:59am
Hello, I have been a diabetic for about 12 years, it is genetic in my family....
Asthma, Reactive Arthritis and now PMR ... I have taken methotrexate and Arava ... instant pain relief for arthritis and PMR
Posted: Jun 9 3:49am
Thanks for the tag @loribmt. @con123, I thought I would tag you in the discussion suggested...
learn what others have shared about PMR ... and methotrexate. ... advocate for your husband for his PMR ... what you are going through during PMR ... search=Methotrexate
Posted: Jun 10 4:13pm
The Methotrexate helped me initially. I was at 8 mg prednisone, couldn't go lower, and the...
The Methotrexate helped me initially ... made me feel like I no longer had PMR ... As time went on PMR symptoms increased ... After 5 months I had a bad PMR flare
Hi~ I am 55, and I have been dealing with PMR for about 9 years. I...
am 55, and I have been dealing with PMR ... Last year I tried injectable Methotrexate ... But, I am most likely a PMR lifer, and
Posted: Apr 18 8:49am
I tapered from 30 mg daily all the way down to 2 or 3 daily this...
rheumatologist prescribed 15 mg weekly methotrexate ... while keeping at the 15 mg weekly methotrexate ... months, but I do prefer that to the PMR