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Glad You are doing better….be selective with the statins. I had been on rosuvastatin (Crestor) 5...
3x /week for years with some muscle pain ... ( looking back). ... barely walk from bilateral muscle pain ... I thought the pain would dissipate in ... told I probably developed PMR from
Posted: 1 day ago
I would appreciate it very much if you could tell me which over-the-counter pain medication you...
could tell me which over-the-counter pain ... medication you were taking for your PMR ... only made me feel worse as I look back
I am a 69 year-old male that has been fighting PMR for almost 5 years now....
year-old male that has been fighting PMR ... ’s gone or that I don’t still feel pain ... difficult and to cause flareups in PMR ... I had a hard flareup and had to go back
Discussion: PMR and travel
Posted: Aug 19 7:28am
As @seniormed suggests enthesitis happens where tendons, ligaments, and joint capsules attach to bones. These pains...
These pains move around and are hard ... to distinguish from PMR. ... characteristics: Inflammatory back ... pain: A hallmark symptom is chronic ... back pain that is typically worse in
Posted: Aug 24 8:31am
"I think anything is better than having to increase your prednisone." ------------------------ Not always ... some...
It wasn't PMR though. ... It was radicular leg pain from severe ... me how that abscess caused so much back ... pain. ... By then the pain was gone.
Thanks Megz for sharing all your knowledge. My experience in PMR kind of mirrors yours. After...
My experience in PMR kind of mirrors ... I am increasing tomorrow back up to ... some relief from the stiffness and pain
Posted: 3 days ago
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 4:09pm
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 5:51pm
Yes these are the same thoughts I have been having. I plan to ask my doctor...
Do you have a formal PMR diagnosis? ... is most important is getting out of pain ... I look forward to getting back to normal
Posted: Jul 20 7:13am
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 3:12am
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 5:21pm
Our stories are very similar. Along with PMR I also have GCA. I got down to...
Along with PMR I also have GCA. ... I went to 2mg and had no PMR symptoms ... scalp, headache, runny nose, neck pain ... Hopefully I can taper back down to 3mg
I am no doctor, but I would have to agree with your PT that it is...
agree with your PT that it is not PMR ... tested for GCA with a biopsy and came back ... and can give you treatment for the pain
It was a long 12 year journey but now PMR is being treated without prednisone. I...
was a long 12 year journey but now PMR ... I started out with Prednisone when PMR ... PMR even though Prednisone helped me ... It was the lower back pain that I had ... coma for 6 months and was "sent back
Hello @tonimcbride I got immediate, total relief in about three hours after starting 20mg Prednisone. I...
help to get out of bed because of the pain ... Hips were stiffening and painful. ... Flexibility always improved with less pain ... flare up in my first 6 months that backed ... so I've not noticed the classic PMR
Posted: Jul 31 1:37pm
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
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 7:38am
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
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 5:23pm
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