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Started out with neck pain with minimal stiffness. Also felt some tingling in the hands. Neurosurgeon...
Started out with neck pain with minimal ... physical therapy and it helped the pain ... A year later I developed PMR acutely ... morning stiffness of my hands and back
Posted: Feb 22, 2024
@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 ... She warned me to turn back before it ... As far as I know, PMR is now in complete
Hi @rocjr1, Welcome to Connect. I think it's always a good plan to discuss options with...
PMR can be challenging for doctors as ... My PMR is currently in remission. ... keep a daily log with my level of pain ... time on my schedule to taper, if my pain ... wouldn't be going all the way back
Posted: Jan 30, 2024
No doubt the prednisone was awesome if you haven't taken it for a long time. Pity...
No PMR pain ... just uveitis. ... discounted the fact that Actemra for PMR ... when I tapered my prednisone dose back ... to 15 mg again all the pain returned ... I went back on Humira to prevent uveitis
Posted: Jan 25, 2024
@dadcue I cannot imagine 13 years on steroids. I had more than my share of side...
to 7.5 and landed at 10 to cut the pain ... steroid injections in my neck from a pain ... She does follow my PMR with interest ... The steroids I take for PMR are known ... simply wait to see if my body can pick back
Discussion: PMR Taper and pain
Posted: Jan 19, 2024
My apologies to lanieg@lanieg for jumping on her post and changing her subject, I have NEVER...
But then back flared up again. ... Long journey to get to PMR, eh? ... Dr. told wife that he thought I had PMR ... ER Dr. administered dilauded for pain ... Hell to get in to PCP given pain.
Posted: Jan 4, 2024
Unfortunately in my experience over the last 1 1/2 years with PMR there are many different...
experience over the last 1 1/2 years with PMR ... The pain went away within 4 days which ... questions, don't stop asking but come back
I agree that diet makes a difference. Avoiding sugar is almost impossible over the holidays, but...
holidays, but come January, I'm back ... any more than a 1 mg per month, the pain ... starts to come back. ... list of the things that affect my PMR ... pain, as follows, and will likely add
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 22, 2023
You are right ... there isn't much research about how long one needs to be on...
one needs to be on a biologic for PMR ... I was surprised the pain didn't ... feeling well along with some aches and pains ... pain so I stopped prednisone after ... I did have cause to go back on prednisone
I am looking for advice - I contracted PMR in mid-September and started 10mg of prednisone...
looking for advice - I contracted PMR ... prednisone daily but it only relieved my pain ... now at 10mg a week I am experiencing pain ... away for the holidays - and won’t be back
Posted: Dec 21, 2023
I've made it. My tests came back today and they show I am over PMR. However,...
My tests came back today and they show ... I am over PMR. ... However, I still have pain which seems
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 19, 2023
Since diagnosed with PMR about 3 months ago (severe pain), the pain stopped about 4-5 days...
Since diagnosed with PMR about 3 months ... ago (severe pain), the pain stopped ... bad food, especially that would make PMR ... Back to the sugar and the previous comments ... When PMR started and before Prednisone
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 14, 2023
I have tapered off prednisone when on Actemra ... not Kevzara. Kevzara works on the same...
I was surprised by not having my PMR ... I had pain but I didn't think it ... was PMR pain. ... I attributed the pain to arthritis. ... some fast tapers to zero and then back
I have not heard of anyone with PMR tapering and going off Prednisone that quickly, Elizabeth,...
I have not heard of anyone with PMR ... completed the prednisone you may be back ... in pain. ... but am experiencing some upper arm pains
Discussion: Sugar and PMR
Posted: Dec 12, 2023
Thanks for your response. To clarify, I haven’t experienced ReA- my then 25 yo son did...
experience with steroids in the 80’s before back ... when I asked for it in a particularly painful ... Pain, mood, energy, mental acuity - ... So the fact that my pain in flares always ... say I’m an odd duck mix of RA and PMR
Posted: Dec 6, 2023
Will 3 mg be the lowest dose you have been on since the start of PMR?...
you have been on since the start of PMR ... problems would begin at 10 mg and pain ... doing Actemra injections every 2 weeks back ... I didn't have an increase in pain ... forum about using Actemra for PMR.
Posted: Dec 5, 2023
I think it’s a wonderful thing that you feel up to getting back out. I am...
thing that you feel up to getting back ... I am also 64 and PMR has definitely ... when I started tapering prednisone my pain ... came roaring back.
Discussion: GCA conserns
Posted: Nov 30, 2023
I'm a retired nurse. I worked as a nurse for 10 years after being diagnosed with...
10 years after being diagnosed with PMR ... Waking up in pain at 3 a.m. made it ... Waking up in pain at 3 a.m. ... ;t ideal because I couldn't go back ... to sleep the entire night without pain
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Posted: Nov 25, 2023
I was having severe pain in my hip and had a back MRI. It showed Bulging...
had a back MRI. ... when I awoke back in recovery. ... came back somewhat more severe. ... I was on 10 mg of prednisone for PMR ... after was from my back.
Posted: Nov 19, 2023
I had PMR 2015 for about 2 years , weaned off Prednisone and I thought I...
I had PMR 2015 for about 2 years , weaned ... week later, I suddenly had severe pain ... To go back to 2015 when first diagnosed ... with PMR I was warned about LGA but
Posted: Nov 15, 2023