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@sue16833 and @sueinmn -- My PMR is in remission and I've had both Pfizer vaccines. I...
immunosuppressant therapy (examples include prednisone ... , methotrexate, and biologic DMARDs) ... seems to agree that it's OK for prednisone
Hi John, I've been reading through some of these threads on PMR. I wish I had...
I started prednisone at 40 mg, because ... The prednisone worked within hours. ... getting below that, and the doctor added methotrexate ... hovering at 5 mgs, still with the methotrexate ... When I try to lower the prednisone,
Posted: Jun 19, 2021
Hello, I am new to the site and responding to the original question on diagnosis under...
rheumy eventually agreed to let me try prednisone ... shift me to hydroxychloroquine or methotrexate
Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old
Posted: Apr 2, 2021
You as well @nancykeenan! Also, for meds. I have been on Prednisone (for 3 years now,...
I have been on Prednisone (for 3 years ... unfortunately), Azathioprine, Tamoxifen and Methotrexate ... Your GI may want to start you on a Prednisone
Support Group: Digestive Health
Posted: Dec 14, 2020
Hi. I have, or had ( I stay on a low dose of medications to prevent...
diagnosed my rheumatologist started me on Methotrexate ... changed to cyclophosphamide and massive prednisone ... Mycophenylate (2000mg/day) along with prednisone ... developed the noxious side effects to methotrexate
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 3, 2018
I am on many medications for various illnesses. I am in the process of weaning off...
I am in the process of weaning off prednisone ... I was on methotrexate and a sulphurlazine ... plaquinel and the prednisone. ... now in my 5 th week of weaning off prednisone
Support Group: Heart & Blood Health
Posted: Nov 21, 2018
Hello @obetv, welcome to Connect. I also have PMR which is currently in remission. I can...
it took me 3 years to taper off of prednisone ... I was finally able to stop taking prednisone ... It might be worth discussing methotrexate ... it may let you use lower doses of prednisone ... Methotrexate in polymyalgia rheumatica
Posted: Nov 13, 2018
A quick summary of my experience with PMR : I was diagnosed 1and 1/2 years ago...
about how long I can expect to be on prednisone ... and if I should consider methotrexate
Posted: Nov 13, 2018
I have had tumid lupus for 10 years. I have been evaluated by a local dermatologist,...
preparing for a mri I was given prednisone ... The prednisone relieved the muscle pain ... I have been decreasing the prednisone ... I was then told to add 12.5 mg methotrexate ... am back down to 7 mg/day with the methotrexate
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Nov 12, 2018
I was diagnosed a little over a year ago with polymyalgia rheumatica. I started out at...
I started out at 20 mg prednisone a ... a month. 3 months ago they added methotrexate ... I am on methotrexate as a way of weaning ... me off the prednisone.
Ten years ago an annual checkup showed some blood in my urine. I discounted it and...
blood work to return he started me on Methotrexate ... daily doses of both Mycophenylate and Prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jul 30, 2017
I am new to the group also. So happy to have this forum! In early July,...
I was started on Methotrexate and later ... he added Prednisone, which I was on ... So he discontinued the Methotrexate ... follow the following protocol with Prednisone ... significant hair loss, much after I stopped Methotrexate
Hello @quasermum, welcome to Connect. I was put on 20 mg prednisone with my first occurrence...
I was put on 20 mg prednisone with my ... it took me 3 years to taper off of prednisone ... I was finally able to stop taking prednisone ... Methotrexate overlooked for treating ... PMR -- http://medicalrepublic.com.au/methotrexate-overlooked-treating-pmr
Posted: Mar 18, 2019