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I have a question. I have recently been diagnosed with PMR. I received my Covid booster...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1313188/

have recently been diagnosed with PMR ... about boosters being related to the PMR

Discussion: When in PMR remission: What's your experience with covid vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 26 9:29am

I had a very similar experience. Had my last Covid vaccine in a similar time frame...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1288780/

frame to you and was diagnosed with PMR ... golfer and my golf buddy also has PMR

Discussion: Could your PMR have been a result of the Covid mRNA vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 24 9:30am

This is a very interesting discussion. I had not been aware of any PMR in my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1317184/

I had not been aware of any PMR in my ... intrigued about potential links to PMR

Discussion: PMR in the same family

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 31 10:43am

To hopeinal, Just to clarify, I was not on prednisone for 50 years! It was off/on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118086/

With PMR, I’ve had to take more long ... Currently on my 2nd flare up of PMR.

Discussion: Prednisone Side Effects and Withdrawal Symptoms

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 5, 2024

I am still not positive that the hydroxy is causing it. I may stop it for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1114464/

to determine whether my leg pain is PMR ... Who knows, maybe I am in PMR remission

Discussion: Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jul 30, 2024

@dadcue can you make a contribution? @lmz i copied DadCue because he has had PMR for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1078055/

i copied DadCue because he has had PMR ... significant overlap of symptoms with PMR

Discussion: Doctors' confusion over diagnosis: Questions they should ask

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 30, 2024

Statins can cause the same achiness as PMR but once you stop statin pain goes away....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1062661/

Statins can cause the same achiness as PMR ... once I began 20 mg of prednisone the PMR

Discussion: Did statin cause PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 5, 2024

Up to 20% of PMR patients do not have elevated markers. I am one of them....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/956194/

Up to 20% of PMR patients do not have ... My PMR hit a year ago July.

Discussion: A month into my diagnosis with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 30, 2023

Hello @ekolodziej. I'd like to invite @pkalkstein @suetex to share their experiences with low dose naltrexone....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/953611/

Dose Naltrexone and Prednisone for PMR ... hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) for PMR

Discussion: PMR: Hydroxychloroquine or low dose naltrexone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Thanks so much! My orthopedist thought that PMR sounds right but wouldn't make a formal diagnosis....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/950116/

My orthopedist thought that PMR sounds ... my symptoms into Symptom Checker, PMR

Discussion: Any help from muscle relaxants?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 19, 2023

I've been on Rinvoq for about 3 weeks now and I would have to say that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/945374/

to say that it does seem to handle PMR ... pain in my legs was very typical of PMR

Discussion: Rinvoq for PMR and GCA - What's your experience?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 10, 2023

@dskellchock, I'm wondering if tapering off of prednisone might not be an issue if you are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/720097/

infection vs taking prednisone for PMR ... The reason you taper slowly for PMR

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 22, 2022

I am presently taking daily, in split dosage, 7.5mg. I am carefully monitoring myself, but have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/236991/

body is not necessarily caused by PMR ... my tendency was to think caused by PMR

Discussion: PMR - Decreased prednisone and pain returned

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 5, 2019

I have gone silent for several weeks/months because I have had other priorities. This post made...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1373346/

My PMR journey has been 6 years and ... the magic bullet to quell my "PMR ... divide my life into two categories, pre-PMR ... and post-PMR because PMR has been that

Discussion: PMR appears in people with Commonalities, by chance?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 18 9:38am

Off prednisone since mid-September, slow taper for 18 months, PMR still in remission, but the fatigue...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1177857/

mid-September, slow taper for 18 months, PMR ... Having PMR has aged me considerably

Discussion: Length of PMR condition

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 22, 2024

"My rheumatologist, "my endocrinologist", LOL. Here PMR patients can't even get a referral accepted by any...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1144087/

Here PMR patients can't even get ... My primary refuses to believe the PMR

Discussion: If you have tapering problems below 5 mg this might explain why.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 19, 2024

Hi @bunnykfl, I've had PMR twice and was able to taper off of prednisone both times...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1125041/

Hi @bunnykfl, I've had PMR twice ... how long you have been dealing with PMR

Discussion: Actemra and prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 16, 2024

Agreeing with assessments by tuckerp and DadCue. If your ESR and CRP are in the normal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1115716/

CRP are in the normal range, your PMR ... prednisone to treat pain other than PMR

Discussion: What justifies an increase in prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 1, 2024

Hi @lgreg, one of the tests for diagnosing PMR is the patient's responsiveness to a trial...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1110013/

lgreg, one of the tests for diagnosing PMR ... I do know that the pain of PMR is the

Discussion: MOVING AND EXERCISE WITH PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 22, 2024

Yes, I've done the COVID Pfizer vaccines...not all the boosters, so I suppose that could have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1089709/

suppose that could have triggered the PMR ... The only med I'm taking for PMR

Discussion: Holistic medicine approach to PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 19, 2024