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I also support the slow taper after a unsuccessful faster taper...presently going down 1 mg per...

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at 7mg/day - with the addition of methotrexate

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 22, 2022

Husband was diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis. Is currently having radiation for prostate cancer. Was taking methotrexate...

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Was taking methotrexate but quit.

Discussion: Relapsing Polychondritis

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Mar 13, 2019

Thanks for the tips John. So does prednisone (& meds) play a role in curing or...

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to run its course with prednisone, methotrexate

Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 18, 2021

I was taking Methotrexate for two months and it had no affect whatsoever and my kidney...

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I was taking Methotrexate for two months

Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 16, 2020

I appreciate you sharing about your experience with Actemra. I am assuming because the plaquenial hasn’t...

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I am having side effects from the methotrexate

Discussion: Methotrexate / Actemra

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 1 7:16pm

Most RA doctors have a protocol that they follow to "climb the ladder" on drugs to...

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One ladder is: NSAIDS Prednisone Methotrexate

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 9, 2022

Have any of you had covid during PMR treatment? I am on Prednisone and Methotrexate and...

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I am on Prednisone and Methotrexate

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 28, 2023

I also get some dizziness for at least a couple days after my weekly dose but...

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than usual seems to help for me, as methotrexate

Discussion: Dizziness and Methotrexate

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Apr 8, 2023

@girastancil, Hopefully other members with PMR who have used treatments other than prednisone can share their...

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alternatives I've read about are Methotrexate ... Methotrexate is typically used for relapsing ... "Conclusions: Agents such as methotrexate

Discussion: What's a good anti inflamation drug (not prednisone) for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 20, 2022

I just started trying Methyprednisolone (day 2) to see if works better than Prednisone for me....

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is going to talk to me about adding Methotrexate

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 5, 2022

Interesting... my husband had 1 Moderna vaccine and developed terrible pain and developed frozen shoulders, hips,...

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He is now on methotrexate and pain meds

Discussion: Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: May 28, 2022

So here I am in May and the Methotrexate appears to have done nothing good. I...

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So here I am in May and the Methotrexate

Discussion: New PMR patient, wondering if mornings will become pain free someday

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 14 11:46am

Hi...I hear you. I feel like I have been circling in the dark for months. Getting...

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My rheum wants me to go on methotrexate ... I didn't do well on methotrexate

Discussion: Extended release oxycodone-long-term use?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 11, 2022

@bettersleep68 you are right - no medication can help. If anything, medication for something else can...

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psoriasis and finally found a medication - Methotrexate ... Once I stopped taking the Methotrexate

Discussion: Has anyone reversed fatty liver?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Oct 4, 2023

Hi everyone, This is my fourth episode of PMR 1n 10 years - groan. For my...

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in weaning off prednisone and the methotrexate ... ;" has this to say about using methotrexate ... episode, I've started again on methotrexate ... However, the methotrexate does require

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 15, 2022

Wv-Sounds like you are moving in the right direction. I’m on 7 tablets of methotrexate and...

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I’m on 7 tablets of methotrexate and

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 22, 2022

I have never heard or read about Entyvio being used to treat collagenous colitis. More common...

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include steroids such as Budesonide, methotrexate

Discussion: Microscopic Colitis: How to you keep it under control?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Nov 19, 2021

I found Fosamax difficult to take, and was switched to Risendronate … no problems with that...

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On 10 mg of Prednisone and Methotrexate

Discussion: PMR, Osteoporosis and Fosamax?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 21 4:42am

@becsbuddy - yes, I do have OLP too. It had cleared up completely when I was...

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completely when I was on the full dose of Methotrexate ... As soon as I got off Methotrexate my ... haven’t been quite as effective as the Methotrexate

Discussion: Tongue-biting with oral lichen planus

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 12, 2022

Thank you very much for the info. Knowledge is power! My husband responded very well to...

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he goes off it, so the dr. gave him methotrexate

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 11 7:31am