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It's amazing that every time I am encountering a PMR issue, I open this website and...
that every time I am encountering a PMR ... I don't have a lot of "pain, ... when your muscles are exhausted, not pain ... guess I'll have to dial everything back
Posted: Jul 18, 2025
Oh yes, I have many other symptoms and I've had them for many years, well before...
well before my first encounter with PMR ... I do have chest pain but it's part ... girdle, shoulder blades, upper thoracic pain ... see a way to get my energy levels back
Posted: Jul 17, 2025
I have had tailbone, lower back pain since the PMR started, 2 months ago. Also pain...
I have had tailbone, lower back pain ... since the PMR started, 2 months ago ... Also pain in my shoulders, across the ... shoulder blades, and back of thighs ... from 15 mg for 3 days now and the pain
Posted: Jul 10, 2025
I’m 75, male and for 35 years was a runner/cyclist and eventually triathlete. When I had...
) the running was out and I scaled back ... I was diagnosed with PMR August, 2024 ... with some morning shoulder and wrist pain ... optimistic about a future without PMR ... None of these incidents have set me back
I agree with @jeff97 that it does seem a little to fast, especially if you have...
little to fast, especially if you have back ... to have more pain. ... schedule and let me use my level of pain ... My first time around with PMR was 3 ... and the last six months was going back
Posted: Jul 2, 2025
I have been on prednisone for 6 weeks, now, for PMR. Absolutely hate the stuff! I...
on prednisone for 6 weeks, now, for PMR ... supposed to go down to 12.5 after 2 weeks back ... I still have pain in shoulders and butt ... /tailbone, as well as back of legs, ... thing to do at this time, due to the pain
Posted: Jun 30, 2025
Diagnosed in December by GP and he put me on 20mg of prednisone and relief was...
was not related to PMR. ... out again and was told that though PMR ... Anyway back up to 14mg with lots of ... Posting this so those new to PMR and ... forum is probably the best way for all PMR
I also have had that tightness between my shoulder blades and it feels as if it's...
cramp, especially when I lay on my back ... PMR is a strange disease and it affects ... #39;t mean it's not related to PMR ... I've also had pain in the backs ... may help to keep a diary of activity/pain
Posted: Jun 15, 2025
My last occurrence of PMR was back in 2018 but I've had days that I thought...
My last occurrence of PMR was back in ... #39;ve had days that I thought the PMR ... may be coming back. ... with swelling in my hands or joint pain ... If it gets above my pain tolerance,
Posted: Jun 12, 2025
Hi John, Thank you for your welcome message. I feel like I have been in PT...
Prior to my PMR onset I was working ... But once I initially got PMR & GCA ... and thought maybe that triggered a PMR ... of days and all pain after. ... But once I stopped the pain came back
Posted: Jun 8, 2025
I had quite bad OA in both knees before PMR. The Prednisone stopped the knee pain...
quite bad OA in both knees before PMR ... The Prednisone stopped the knee pain ... is back with a vengance. ... is recovering from the ravages of PMR ... I'm back to managing the effects
Welcome @nan50, It's good to hear that you have tapered to a low dose of prednisone...
hopefully continue tapering until your PMR ... pain goes away. ... My first time with PMR took me three ... The PMR did come back six years later ... I still have shoulder and hand pain
Discussion: Knee pain and PMR?
Posted: Jun 3, 2025
I'm not sure about Actemra giving back control. In a way... prednisone takes control. Prednisone isn't...
#39;m not sure about Actemra giving back ... more prednisone whenever I had more pain ... #39;t know what was causing all the pain ... I suspected it wasn't only for PMR
Discussion: Actemra Infusions
Posted: Jun 1, 2025
I started with PMR symptoms in 6/2020. I finally was weaned totally off Prednisone in 8/2024....
I started with PMR symptoms in 6/2020 ... bloodwork, a week ago, my markers were back ... I have been having a lot of joint pain ... in my fingers and elbows and pain in
Posted: May 22, 2025
I was also diagnosed with a mild case of PMR--surprisingly my legs and shoulders only hurt...
also diagnosed with a mild case of PMR ... As soon as I got up, no pain! ... recently flared again when I hurt my back ... My PMR started after my second COVID ... more than usual at night, so I cut back
Posted: May 19, 2025
Welcome to the group. The usual suggestion is to increase your Prednisone dose back to where...
is to increase your Prednisone dose back ... where you didn't experience the pain ... but not all the way back to the beginning ... www.the-rheumatologist.org/article/study-most-patients-with-pmr-arent-getting-steroid-sparing-agents-in-first ... methotrexate or leflunomide to manage PMR
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Posted: May 7, 2025
@terrym Why do you see an endocrinologist? I was originally referred to an endocrinologist when I...
get to 3 mg that I needed to come back ... dizzyness and generalized aches and pains ... happen but nothing remotely like a PMR ... monthly Actemra infusion to control PMR ... Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR and
Discussion: Tapering pain
Posted: May 6, 2025
My pain from PMR goes into my calves, all the way up the back of my...
My pain from PMR goes into my calves ... , all the way up the back of my legs ... and then into my arms, and across my back ... It can be so painful that I can' ... When I was first diagnosed with PMR,
Posted: May 5, 2025
I had wrist and hand pains develop while tapering when I got down to about 7....
I had wrist and hand pains develop while ... until then been kept in check (no pain ... ) before PMR by my natural sufficient ... Evidently the cortisol factories are back ... If you can deal with some pain while
I am writing here as a physical therapist. There is no question PMR can affect the...
There is no question PMR can affect ... Low back pain, especially in woman, ... As time passes with PMR and people are ... You may have spasms and back pain from ... that we have more control over than PMR
Posted: Apr 30, 2025