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Hi @mopo thank you for starting this discussion. I'm wondering if you are in a caregiving...
The pain of my PMR never abated until ... When I told him I was in pain, he didn ... Along with the severe pain and malaise ... , depression and anorexia go hand in ... hand with PMR.
Posted: Nov 18, 2021
I got the first Shingrex vaccine and a flu shot simultaneously at the end of Sept....
I was sick: low grade fever daily, painful ... shoulders, neck, arms, and hands with ... took 2 months to get diagnosed with PMR ... and am experiencing severe shoulder pain ... I’m supposing it’s a PMR flare up.
Posted: Apr 1, 2021
No one seems to know what triggers the onset of PMR. I know that mine had...
to know what triggers the onset of PMR ... Next came stiffness and pain in the ... followed for months and then my right hand
Hello @jerseyjames, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thanks for sharing your PMR experience. It sounds a...
taking it with only minor discomfort/pain ... The pain from my occurrences of PMR ... was mostly in the shoulders, arms, hands ... I do think pain-receptors in the brain ... can trigger pain for other conditions
@johnbishop , this is my first major pain flair and I will discuss with Rheumatologist at...
johnbishop , this is my first major pain ... I also have SFN and my feet and hands ... hurt from that, but nothing like PMR ... I find PMR to be one of the most painful ... trial of Tocilizumab (Actemra) for PMR
Posted: Jul 25, 2020
Relauzon, my situation is similar to yours: I’ve reduced Prednisone from 40 mg to 3 over...
The hand issue popped up at 3, and my ... kept me there for 3 months, with the hand ... A PMR support group in the U.K. ... Prednisone usually is better than PMR ... patients on the U.K. site who have had PMR
I am a 65 year old female diagnosed with pmr in October of 2019 after suffering...
65 year old female diagnosed with pmr ... 2019 I did get down to 6mgs, but my hands ... My rheumatologist says that my hand ... back problems have nothing to do with pmr ... get back up to 8mgs for a while, my hand
Regarding diagnostic blood tests: Does anyone know of PMR being diagnosed with 3x's normal C-reactive protein...
blood tests: Does anyone know of PMR ... started 15 mg prednisone and extreme pain ... in shoulders, arms, hands, hips and ... just above normal, Dr now questions PMR ... studies at PubMed that say 1-4% of PMR
I am presently taking daily, in split dosage, 7.5mg. I am carefully monitoring myself, but have...
have to say to myself, "every pain ... body is not necessarily caused by PMR ... lower back/hips and somewhat in my hands ... my tendency was to think caused by PMR
Posted: Feb 5, 2019
Hello @rachelp, welcome to Connect. I have had 2 occurrences of PMR. The first lasted 3...
I have had 2 occurrences of PMR. ... Sometimes just a 1 mg drop and the pain ... back in my shoulders, arms, legs and hands ... or background but my guess is that pain ... is pain and I think it would be difficult
Posted: Nov 10, 2018
Thank you. Hi, I am a 64 year old female who has (for the last 3-4)...
tingling, pins & needles, burning, and painful ... feet and hands. ... frequent blood work, because I have GCA & PMR
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 10, 2018
Hello @helpforpmr, welcome to Mayo Connect. We are glad you found us. Connect is a good...
but there are a lot of us here with PMR ... of prednisone in 2010 without the pain ... My PMR came out of remission in 2016 ... of it so that it doesn't get out of hand ... not over do it so that it makes the pain
Lioness here I have PMR and fibro A while ago my shoulder pain,shooting pain,nerve pain down...
Lioness here I have PMR and fibro A ... while ago my shoulder pain,shooting ... pain,nerve pain down arms into hands ... Fibro Malic was the one It stopped my pain ... into the arms,hands.We need more Magnesium
Hello @kgoodwin9, thank you for sharing your story. For a lot of us prednisone is the...
occurrence of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... mg and it immediately took away the pain ... in my shoulders, arms and hands. ... times I've tried to reduce it, the pain ... and tissues which gets rid of the pain
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 8, 2017
Exercise is one of the keys to PMR. I hated doing it but once you get...
Exercise is one of the keys to PMR. ... too difficult or that causes more pain ... and pedals so doesn't cause joint pain ... if I can regain some strength in my hands
Hello @charlena, my symptoms are shoulder and arm pain/tingling. I'm a side sleeper and was waking...
, my symptoms are shoulder and arm pain ... in the middle of the night with my hands ... The first diagnosis of PMR was in January ... the first bout of PMR. ... tapering off prednisone for this second PMR
Just thought I would give an update on my situation. I was supposed to meet with...
condition that she diagnosed in both my hands ... at 13.8 mg/L which I guess means my PMR ... wants to schedule an EMG for the arms/hands ... and a little tingling with no sharp pain ... was on it for a few years when my PMR
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Aug 19, 2016
I have had PMR now for 8 months. Started out with 20 mg then 15mg then...
I have had PMR now for 8 months. ... In the beginning my pain was unbearable ... right away that she was sure I had PMR ... Same bad pain in my hands hips and knees ... No pain in my arms and shoulders.
Posted: Dec 15, 2025
I went off all PMR meds over a month ago because of prednisone side effects. My...
I went off all PMR meds over a month ... The pain was so bad I had to use a cane ... for some reason, kicked off another pain ... The ball of my hands was crazy painful ... I don’t know if it’s PMR or my “mild
@leonalawrence when my PMR started last summer I thought I had severe sciatica because I had...
@leonalawrence when my PMR started last ... severe sciatica because I had so much pain ... practitioner put me on Cymbalta for nerve pain ... like lifting a few bricks with one hand ... say that because except for the knee pain
Discussion: Knee pain and PMR?
Posted: Dec 4, 2025