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I was disgnosed with PMR in Oct 2023, after ruling out with testing several other conditions...
I was disgnosed with PMR in Oct 2023 ... several other conditions that can mimic PMR ... (e.g. lupus, RA), and noting that I ... the starting dose in literature for PMR ... your own advocate, remembering that PMR
Posted: May 1 2:03pm
I have been suffering for approximately one year with disabling pain in shoulders/arms and hips/thighs. At...
Dozens and dozens of blood tests for RA ... My PC doctor said “you can’t have PMR ... I had an affirmative diagnosis of PMR ... There are up to 15 percent of the PMR
Discussion: miss diagnosed???
Posted: May 5 11:30am
Many autoimmune disorders "overlap" with PMR. As unfair as it sounds, people can have more than...
autoimmune disorders "overlap" with PMR ... I have PMR in addition to several other ... RA and late onset RA (LORA) are just ... and non-autoimmune that can mimic PMR
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Mar 13 4:10pm
5 years ago I developed an illness that left me very debilitated with low grade fever,...
can no longer use that drug for my PMR ... weaned off after 8 months and the PMR ... , Lymes, RA whatever it was did not ... over the mark where I definitely had PMR ... or serum negative RA.
Discussion: treatment of PMR
Posted: Mar 26 8:09am
Hi, I've been diagnosed with PMR and have been on prednisone for 12 months. (continuing to...
Hi, I've been diagnosed with PMR ... My sister was diagnosed with RA this ... common way to take prednisone to treat RA
I have just been told that I was very likely misdiagnosed 14 months ago by my...
It has a sudden onset, like PMR, and ... as shoulders and knees, also like PMR ... I was sero-negative for RA originally ... erosion, which is not usually found in PMR ... but is indicative of RA.
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Mar 13 11:31am
"Remicade (inflixamab), which keeps my Crohn’s disease in remission, which is also used to treat RA."...
remission, which is also used to treat RA ... TNF inhibitor and may not work for PMR ... TNF-inhibitors for the treatment of PMR
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Mar 18 8:38pm
I also had an ultrasound recently, in an effort to pin down my diagnosis. Both synovitis...
shoulders (which are usually found with PMR ... erosions (which do not occur with PMR ... but do with RA). ... rheumatologist feels I have seronegative RA ... , probably in addition to PMR.
I was originally diagnosed with PMR on Feb, 17th , 2025 after my complaints of stiffness...
I was originally diagnosed with PMR ... 's when he did blood tests for PMR ... and RA, etc. ... He decided I had PMR and set the dose
After seeing my rheumatologist, she says I have seronegative LORA probably overlapping with PMR. Yes, definitely...
seronegative LORA probably overlapping with PMR ... remission, which is also used to treat RA ... So that will be the next step if RA
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Mar 18 12:45pm
I think diagnosis of PMR can sometimes be whether prednisone works. I think in almost all...
I think diagnosis of PMR can sometimes ... think in almost all cases it is not PMR ... I am more of a PMR and corticosteroid ... I know several on here suffer from RA ... This site has taught me that PMR can
Posted: Mar 2 5:32pm
"I hate taking Pred, but it works great." --------------- In the short term, prednisone works great...
chronic inflammation characteristic of PMR ... long term prednisone use to treat PMR ... Prednisone use are well documented for RA ... I think the belief that PMR will &#34 ... In approximately half of PMR cases it
Posted: Mar 3 2:52pm