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Hello Alan (@alanbruce) - Welcome to Mayo Connect. We are happy you found us. Connect is...
I am 74 and also have PMR. ... My first occurrence of PMR came about ... in 2007 and just like you the pain ... able to stop taking it without some pain ... and I was started back on 20 mg of
Posted: Sep 20, 2017
Thanks Roland. I had noticed a few back and forth comments between Connect members and I...
I had noticed a few back and forth comments ... Glad you are still doing OK with your PMR ... adjust the dosage based on how bad the pain ... is from the PMR. ... Right now my pain level is fairly low
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 11, 2017
Hi @charlena, I think it takes an experienced rheumatologist to actually diagnose PMR (my non-medical training...
When I had my first occurance of PMR ... when I started having arm and hand pain ... come back. ... is back. ... Hoping for a PMR pain free day for all
Posted: Jul 28, 2017
Hi Roland, it's good to hear that you are keeping it under control. The up and...
The up and downs of PMR can be a daily ... I'm back to 6 mg from 5 due to some ... extra shoulder and arm pain the past
Well after my previous posts, unfortunately my PMR came back in the past few weeks and...
my previous posts, unfortunately my PMR ... came back in the past few weeks and ... I am back on 20 mg of prednisone. ... will go back into remission for another ... I am still having some pain in my wrists
My PMR was diagnosed in January and since then I've tapered down from initial 40 mg...
My PMR was diagnosed in January and ... waking with a vague all over stiff and painful ... I'll try going back to two mg. today ... nearly healed and things are getting back ... such as yoga for legs or yoga for back
Posted: Jul 18, 2021
Steroids are a life altering drug both good and bad. So many hidden issues your body...
They should be checking if your PMR ... If your PMR markers are still elevated ... below 5mg you have to coax your body back ... Pain, discomfort, nausea, flu like. ... while in this painful taper.
Posted: Jun 2, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR in November 2022 at 58 yrs old, and started on 20...
I was diagnosed with PMR in November ... was apparently too quick and had a PMR ... So I went back up to 5mg and dropping ... prednisone drops, the old aches and pains ... come back.
Posted: Jun 18, 2024
Had shingles just before PMR/GCA diagnosis. Had had shingles and Shinrx vaccine apx 5 years previously....
Got it again 1 month before PMR. ... on 20 mg prednisone for 2 years for back ... Have yet to find any other pain relief ... for the PMR. ... Opioid helped with GCA jaw pain and
Posted: Jan 21 1:45pm
good topic. I too am curious as to why the two cannot be taken at the...
I also use a CBD salve for pain stiffness ... in hands, lower back( likely not related ... to PMR). ... had severe GCA symptoms,, had to go back
I'm sorry that you were diagnosed with PMR. I can't add anything to what others have...
sorry that you were diagnosed with PMR ... I was diagnosed with PMR and possible ... I was feeling pretty good, not back ... sugar spikes are just as bad as the PMR ... pain.
Discussion: Feeling defeated
Posted: Jan 18 8:04am
@nyxygirl Thank-you for the article about the debate doctors are having. I was good to read...
works so quickly and provides fast pain ... long term prednisone use waiting for PMR ... She warned me to turn back before it ... As far as I know, PMR is now in complete
Something very similar happened to my father, so I looked into this at the time. There...
because of the association with muscle pain ... they dismiss it as “normal aches and pains ... prior health problems except mild back ... pain and a rotator cuff injury, he ... yeast rice or statin can cause muscle pain
Discussion: PMR & Statins
Posted: Jul 25, 2023
My first Moderna vaccine in late 1/21 and I was soon suffering with terrific joint pain...
soon suffering with terrific joint pain ... Westergren Sedimentation Rate came back ... Diagnosis was PMR and I started on 40 ... ;s a lot of evidence among us with PMR
73 yo male, relatively healthy. Recently I took 4th Covid injection. Soon (3-4 wks) debilitating shoulder...
wks) debilitating shoulder & hip pain ... Doc identified PMR, started on 20mg ... prednisone. after 2-3 wks, pain subsided ... Pain cones back intermittently, esp
No coincidence. Mine started after my Covid-19 vax in May 2021 and I went all summer...
and I went all summer in a lot of pain ... my second vax, I went into the full PMR ... mode of pain from the neck to shoulders ... hands (had to wear splints), hips, back ... PMR does not run in my family, nor any
I developed PMR 3.5 months after receiving senior Influenza and First Covid-19 Booster on same day....
I developed PMR 3.5 months after receiving ... Progressed to severe pain within two ... and diagnosed the cause as probable PMR ... (there is no yes/no test for PMR). ... 10 mg prednisone now, but bumping back
I am in my mid-70s and was unusually active for my age before diagnosed with PMR....
active for my age before diagnosed with PMR ... be as much an assist to relieving PMR ... uncomfortable that I increase the dose back ... ; , will assist the body in taking back ... of normal functions (other than the pain
Posted: May 24, 2024