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Hi @kimberlynitz66, Welcome to Connect. Tapering off of prednisone for PMR can be very difficult and...
Tapering off of prednisone for PMR can ... Usually if my pain symptoms returned ... think you are still early in your PMR ... The first my PMR came out it took me ... Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https
Posted: Jul 28, 2022
Welcome @heatherkathlyn, I think we all struggle some when trying to taper off of prednisone. There...
. -- PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages ... lifestyle changes to help with your PMR ... symptoms?
Posted: Jul 4, 2022
Hello @maureen158 and @kidolibrarian, Welcome to Connect. I think it's a great idea to report your...
's a great idea to report your symptoms ... the following discussion helpful -- PMR ... Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages
Hello @lestep, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @tillysam and others....
Tapering off prednisone while managing ... your PMR symptoms can be difficult ... #34;How do you taper prednisone for PMR ... remission is maintained." --- 2015 PMR ... www.rheumatology.org/Portals/0/Files/2015%20PMR
Posted: Mar 14, 2023
Had my first visit with my rheummy after being diagnosed in December. I see him anyway...
Continue with maintaining lifestyle management ... at the lowest dose I can tolerate symptoms ... 6p I was losing steam and feeling symptoms ... is my latest and greatest on this PMR
Hi @redboat, I told my rheumatologist there is nothing like the pain of PMR. I called...
there is nothing like the pain of PMR ... take tylenol (not NSAIDs) for pain management ... I wish you the best and hope your symptoms
I was on prednisone for 3 and half years the first time my PMR was diagnosed....
3 and half years the first time my PMR ... discussion you might find helpful: --- PMR ... Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https ... to tapering off of prednisone is to manage ... six months of my first round with PMR
Posted: Feb 15, 2023
Last year I suddenly developed debilitating and painful symptoms - later diagnosed as PMR- after my...
developed debilitating and painful symptoms ... - later diagnosed as PMR- after my ... Symptoms managed now with prednisone
I wouldn't think Genetech would care about the diagnosis as long as a doctor thinks Actemra...
prednisone isn't FDA approved for PMR ... worked or at least prednisone "managed ... the symptoms" of PMR. ... and the diagnosis being treated was PMR ... GCA, he thought it was likely that PMR
Welcome @diannepv1, So sorry to hear that the flu shot is causing so many problems for...
tapering down on prednisone: -- PMR ... Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages ... been on prednisone since 2016 for PMR
I can’t tell you how thankful I am for this group. I’ve learned so much by...
Finally blood tests confirmed that I had PMR ... as I had all the classic symptoms. ... I’ve managed my weight, but the osteoporosis
@njtodctode, I think if it were me, I would go to the last dosage that I...
think you might find helpful: -- PMR ... Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages
@aspine, I kept a daily log with the pain I was having in the morning along...
prednisone to provide relief from the pain symptoms ... alike with their pain threshholds for PMR ... it as soon as you can based on your symptoms ... 1 -- 2015 Recommendations for the management
Posted: Jan 24, 2022
Hi @ronbode - about 30% of people with PMR develop Giant Cell Arteritis. If untreated, it...
ronbode - about 30% of people with PMR ... For me, the incapictating pain of PMR ... will try to find the right balance to manage ... your symptoms with the lowest amount
Thanks for the tips John. So does prednisone (& meds) play a role in curing or...
a role in curing or helping to get PMR ... into remission or does PMR just have ... methotrexate etc. there to just help manage ... the pain and symptoms?
Thanks all as usual for this dialog. It seems to connect to my first post of...
's and Sed Rates as proof that PMR ... ....I believe that, by definition, symptoms ... of PMR occur in (mostly) 70+ Caucasian ... I'd add that I have been managing
I have had normal blood markers since my diagnosis a year and a half ago. Thank...
I have stayed at 5 mg and managed to ... missed he reassured me I had all the symptoms ... of PMR and it was more important to ... treat the pain than prove I have PMR
Posted: Apr 11, 2023
Hi @deborahinmaine, I wasn't diagnosed with PMR/GCA for a year after symptoms started. I had severe...
deborahinmaine, I wasn't diagnosed with PMR ... /GCA for a year after symptoms started ... didn't get any relief from the PMR ... minor aches and pains, but they're manageable ... moving as much as I could through my symptoms
Posted: Dec 8, 2022
I've had 2 occurrences of PMR. I was started at 20 mg prednisone for each occurrence...
I've had 2 occurrences of PMR. ... PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages
Posted: Oct 11, 2021
Welcome @andos16, You are right, PMR is definitely not a one size fit all condition. It...
Welcome @andos16, You are right, PMR ... even when things are going well with PMR ... discussion you might find helpful: --- PMR ... Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https ... overdoing it was key for helping with my PMR