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I have been on 5 mg of Prednisone for over 15 years treating for general arthritis....
About a year ago I was diagnosed with PMR ... flair ups so was placed on 20 mg of methotrexate ... Like you , I thought the methotrexate ... About 6 weeks in the methotrexate kicked
Hi @queenie2030, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing...
post to an existing discussion on PMR ... and Methotrexate so that you can meet ... other members who have used methotrexate ... . "Methotrexate when to take ... -- Most arthritis patients take methotrexate
Posted: Oct 8, 2021
My blood work was normal apart from the usual ESR and CPR, until a few months...
believe it was the short stint on Methotrexate ... blood iron balance) Getting off the Methotrexate ... have tunnel vision when it comes to PMR
Discussion: Tiredness
Posted: Jul 29 3:27pm
My liver enzymes, AST and ALT have both been elevated at various times since I was...
various times since I was diagnosed with PMR ... However, PMR was never suggested as ... Various medications used to treat PMR ... Methotrexate - very likely --- liver ... enzymes normalized when methotrexate
Discussion: Elevated alk phos
Posted: Aug 16 11:31am
My PMR first started manifesting in my hands and wrists on New Years Day. Everyone thought...
My PMR first started manifesting in ... started on 15 mg. of prednisone and methotrexate ... mg prednisone daily and take 20 mg methotrexate ... I can slightly feel PMR in my hands ... My hair is thinning from methotrexate
Posted: Jun 24 8:48pm
I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 months ago. My first assigned prednisone dosage was too...
I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 months ... (last February), he started me on methotrexate ... daily of folic acid (for possible methotrexate ... still on the same weekly dosage of methotrexate ... To summarize, methotrexate seems to
Posted: Aug 15 9:31am
As with many of the side effects of prednisone people mention on here, yes, I believe...
thought it was a side effect of the methotrexate ... I also take for PMR but believe it
Discussion: Thrush
Posted: Mar 21 6:36pm
Thank you! I too am going on 7 years of the PMR journey. The weather changes...
I too am going on 7 years of the PMR ... and even on Medrol, and injectable methotrexate
Posted: Jan 15, 2023
I was diagnosed with pmr in December. 40mg of pred helped alleviate most of the symptoms....
I was diagnosed with pmr in December ... this including the inflammation from pmr ... of prednisone and has started me on methotrexate
Posted: Apr 8, 2023
@grams64, welcome. I believe fellow GCA-ers like @tessd @captainkenny @crhp194 @tillysam @oztrax have experience with methotrexate...
tillysam @oztrax have experience with methotrexate ... interested in these related discussions: - PMR ... and Methotrexate: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/pmr-and-methotrexate/ - ... Experience with Methotrexate?
Posted: Mar 24, 2023
After my second flare up of PMR my Rheumatologist put me on Methotrexate, 6 tabs 1...
After my second flare up of PMR my Rheumatologist ... put me on Methotrexate, 6 tabs 1 day
Posted: Oct 30, 2022
Hello group- the pain and tingling in both hands preceded my PMR diagnosis but I am...
tingling in both hands preceded my PMR ... am sure the symptoms were part of PMR ... I am on low dose prednisone and methotrexate ... symptoms are still bothering me from the PMR
Posted: Aug 29, 2022
Hi, kvd9. Maybe someone's already mentioned Methotrexate as an alternative to Prednisone. Methotrexate is most often...
Maybe someone's already mentioned Methotrexate ... Methotrexate is most often prescribed ... appointment to see a Rheumatologist for my PMR ... afternoon, and I plan to ask about Methotrexate
Posted: Mar 7, 2022
Currently stepping down on prednisone from 40mg -- down to 5mg and my RA doctor put...
and my RA doctor put me on 2.5mg of Methotrexate ... doctor first of april ---- since the PMR
Posted: Feb 21, 2022