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I have had PMR for over four years. I am 62. I started at 15 mg...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/138155/
I have had PMR for over four years. ... My doctor has added methotrexate. ... months, but I am still dealing with PMR
Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 14, 2020
I had never heard of your condition and it sounds dreadful! You might find sympathy and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/998007/
sympathy and useful intel on the PMR ... knowledge they don’t typically add in methotrexate
Discussion: Pemphigus Foliaceus
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 15 8:54pm
Hello Beverly @beaver, Welcome to Connect. I think it's always a good idea to discuss the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1003660/
prednisone for my two occurrences of PMR ... --- Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR ... discussion/kevzara-sarilumab-to-treat-pmr ... / --- PMR and Methotrexate: https:/ ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-and-methotrexate
Discussion: Temporal Arteritis, PMR, RA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 25 2:09pm
PMR has been a real pain to manage for me. I started at 20 mg pred....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1028576/
PMR has been a real pain to manage for ... rheumatologist finally convinced me to try methotrexate
Discussion: NEW to PMR diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 6 9:20am
Yes ... I think that is true. https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/treatment-plan/disease-management/the-first-medications-for-psa "Biologic DMARDs are used if your PsA wasn’t...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1010415/
sad that autoimmune disorders like PMR ... PMR might be different because people ... so they don't like to diagnose PMR ... ... most notably methotrexate twice ... Now Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR.
Discussion: How do I get my Rheumatologist to listen ?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 5 9:32pm
I looked for studies online about methotrexate used with prednisone for PMR. Older studies seemed to...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1029910/
I looked for studies online about methotrexate ... used with prednisone for PMR. ... the Netherlands looking at giving methotrexate ... along with prednisone when PMR is first
Discussion: Start Methotrexate with Prednisone right away or wait?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 8 11:06am
I'm in a similar situation. I've been on prednisone for PMR since August 2021. I could...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1065669/
I've been on prednisone for PMR ... prednisone so my doctor added 10 mg methotrexate ... The side effects of methotrexate tapered ... #39;t get low enough on prednisone, methotrexate ... beers a month due to being on the methotrexate
Discussion: Methotrexate to wean off long term Prednisone for PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 10 6:52pm
So now I'm really curious ... Why have you been on a 5 mg maintenance dose...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1089720/
rheumatologists want to happen to PMR ... time --- usually 2 years or less for PMR ... years, rheumatologists start trying methotrexate ... off prednisone for 12 years after PMR
Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jun 19 9:38am
Hello:) Your question caught my attention. Since January O am being treated by NP for PMR...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054383/
January O am being treated by NP for PMR ... Rhuematologist feels is not PMR, instead ... it is RA, and I began methotrexate
Discussion: PMR and MGUS/SSM/MM multiple myeloma
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 20 4:20pm
I’ve just been diagnosed with oesteo arthritis in knees hips hands and neck …it came up...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1066558/
almost incapacitated…I stopped the methotrexate ... continues …I can’t tell now what’s PMR
Discussion: PMR target areas
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 12 10:41am
Glinda, Thank you for sharing your story. I can only imagine your frustration. My Rheumatologist is...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1101826/
Once PMR diagnosis had been made, the ... PMR still not understood re: causation ... at 5 mg and she’d like to put me on Methotrexate
Discussion: A Bizarre Change in Condition
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jul 8 5:17pm
I give your rheumatologist credit for wanting to "manage your pain." She isn't wrong for wanting...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118265/
As for being treated with methotrexate ... taken Actemra for 5 years to treat PMR ... being the "only option" for PMR ... FYI ... methotrexate was another devil
Discussion: What justifies an increase in prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 5 10:56am