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@jayanthk At 75 I moved just before the pandemic to a house needing lots of work....
hands-on, I spent years thinking my pain ... landscaping etc. until one night the back ... I still have some pain, and at 80 the ... #039;ve had to learn the difference - pain ... from the PMR (sometimes from inactivity
I'm coming off a week of a terrible flu with high fever all week. My PMR...
My PMR came back with such force, like ... arms and my shoulders are in such pain ... Has anyone experienced a flare up in PMR
68 year-old male now experiencing bad hand pain. I began taking 15 mg of Prednisone in...
year-old male now experiencing bad hand pain ... 15 mg of Prednisone in Nov 2025 for PMR ... Hip and shoulder pain went away within ... was back along with severe pain in ... Finally, on 7 June, I went back to
Posted: Jun 7 6:41am
My hands were very very painful during the night, so painful I had to get up...
My hands were very very painful during ... the night, so painful I had to get ... once again laying down in bed the pain ... came back. ... prednisolone and getting diagnosed with PMR
Posted: Jun 10 6:08pm
Hi @ carlarosie, I am so sorry to hear that you have continued to have daily...
that you have continued to have daily PMR ... pain with no remission. ... also been diagnosed with GCA & PMR ... I think the daily PMR pain is tough ... without my inflammatory markers going back
Posted: May 30 12:10pm
@chzuck @rashida What took me months to realize is PMR doesn't come back, it never left....
doesn't come back, it never left ... pain. ... had gone with ZERO issues, then the pain ... came back. ... My P dosage was too low to mask the pain
@retiredphil Hi, after tapering off the Prednisone compliantly, I am pain free after being off for...
the Prednisone compliantly, I am pain ... say though that every so often the back ... of my thighs get that weird PMR pain
I started on acupuncture about 13 years ago, at first for high blood pressure, so have...
While there I asked about PMR and my ... she had several other patients with PMR ... I get pain in my upper shoulders, so ... effect begins to wear off and then I go back
Posted: May 23 9:40am
Tapering is a process where you need to listen to your body and adjust your schedule...
increased in March to 25mg after the PMR ... to 20mg in April and I was feeling pain ... noticed that by the 3rd day I had some pain ... By day 7, I was back to feeling normal ... this point, I waited 3 days after pain
Posted: May 24 1:51pm
How long were you on prednisone? And what dosage was needed to mask the pain? How...
what dosage was needed to mask the pain ... How much pain are you having? ... am asking these questions because PMR ... PMR is known to "burnout", ... remission to wait for another day to pop back
Posted: May 26 10:51am
My PMR diagnosis came after Carpal Tunnel surgery - first the right and then the left....
My PMR diagnosis came after Carpal Tunnel ... From there I was referred to a Pain ... things and had me on Prednisone for PMR ... have continued to be maybe the most painful ... Perhaps due to the Carpal Tunnel issues back
Posted: May 29 8:54am
I have been experiencing this but I tapered to zero and not my pain is returning....
this but I tapered to zero and not my pain ... ;t know if I am weepy from chronic pain ... or being disappointed that the PMR ... I don't want to go back on prednisone ... but the pain is getting hard to tolerate
Discussion: PMR and Depression
Posted: Jun 5 9:39am
@dadcue Boy I have gotten a lot of great info from from you. Thanks!!!! So if...
only been on pred for 2.5 months for PMR ... Tapered from 30MG to 1.25MG and voila, pain ... Went back up to 5MG and now couple of ... PMR clearly still there.
Posted: Jun 7 11:45am
@rashida Long time since I updated my story. There seems to be varying opinions on how...
researching on my own and learned PMR ... My leg pain was coming from issues in ... my back. ... My primary care doctor diagnosed PMR ... when I went to him with pain in my
Posted: Jun 11 12:05pm
I was started on 15mg prednisone for inflammation and it worked for 2 days before the...
and it worked for 2 days before the pain ... came back. ... I was then put on 25mg for a PMR diagnosis ... and my hip girdle pain disappeared ... I keep being surprised by a new pain
Posted: 6 days ago
@pmrnew You seem to be cutting your dose in half every 7 days. I don't know...
There was the issue of PMR pain coming ... . back when I stayed on a low dose of ... I stayed on 3 mg of prednisone so PMR
Posted: May 24 8:38am
At height of my dosage (20mg), took 15mg in morning as my rheumatologist preferred, and 5mg...
before bed as my body needed to keep pain ... When tapering, went back and forth by ... based on this being my second onset of PMR
@sassysaveur I was diagnosed with PMR in March of 2025 by my GP. Prednisone helped tremendously,...
sassysaveur I was diagnosed with PMR ... Unrelenting headache, pain in jaw, temple ... Had a relapse this february, back up
Posted: May 26 7:03am
I had never heard of PMR until I was diagnosed with it back in January. I...
I had never heard of PMR until I was ... diagnosed with it back in January. ... I soon was in excruciating pain lifting ... not doing it for me, so she put me back
I keep wondering about the mono. A few years a I was swimming/water aerobics weekly (they...
In spring 2024 I started with back and ... shoulder pain. ... could not lie down on a pillow= the back ... Bless the NP who suspected PMR and ... Six weeks ago I started with pain in