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My doctor has me doing the 2.5 drop every 2 week. A lot of my pain...
returned but my inflamation markers are normal ... She also then includes maybe not PMR ... My symptoms really only point to pmr
Posted: Mar 30 4:55am
@charlotte61 I just read your post and will share our experience. It is my husband who...
He developed PMR in May 2023. ... ESR was at 50 (1-19 is normal) and CRP ... was 2.8 (< 0.8 is normal.) ... Our doctor diagnosed him with PMR and ... shared his symptoms, they knew he had PMR
Posted: Mar 7 4:36pm
"I wish he had touched on the severe fatigue and weakness that accompanies PMR as it...
pointed out that muscle strength is normal ... muscle biopsies but the muscles were normal ... energized me so I didn't have a normal ... tolerance test was interpreted as normal ... I shouldn't have carried on as normal
I just reread your question. Simple answer ... yes my inflammation markers (CRP and ESR) were...
biomarkers but rarely were they within the normal ... Actemra normalized my CRP and ESR. ... including methotrexated had failed to normalized ... methotrexate was working to control my PMR
When I tapered to about 7, I started having mild wrist/finger/thumb pains in the AM. The...
osteoarthritis before experiencing PMR ... and it was not noticeable because my normal ... levels of prednisone is not necessarily PMR
I haven’t weighed in for a while. I am over a year with PMR and tapering...
I am over a year with PMR and tapering ... what I was experiencing with full on PMR ... layman’s research tells me that this is normal ... I am wondering if this actually is normal ... Any info from my PMR tribe would be
I took prednisone for about six months for PMR, (my blood test for PMR was 69.9!...
prednisone for about six months for PMR ... , (my blood test for PMR was 69.9! ... Normal is 7.4. ) , relief, yes, had
In summer of 2023 I was dealing with a lot of upper back pain. Finally I...
diagnosed with MGUS (+M spike, but normal ... It was diagnosed as PMR and responded ... been an issue with the back pain and PMR
Posted: Apr 20 5:58pm
Hello John, This is the 18th day of the “alternate treatments” since the Rheumatologist diagnosed me...
the Rheumatologist diagnosed me with PMR ... none of the blood tests confirmed PMR ... shoulders & hips are not exactly normal ... beg the question, did I even have PMR
Posted: Dec 7, 2019
Starting in October, initially on P20, my dose had to be adjusted to P30 to tame...
to be adjusted to P30 to tame the PMR ... said my inflammation markers were now normal ... , and we were no longer treating PMR ... Also, my RA lab was normal. ... , returning pain is not always PMR,
Posted: Mar 19 10:26am
I have been on Actemra for 5 years. I started with injections every 2 weeks. I...
PMR was diagnosed more than 15 years ... on prednisone for 12 years to treat PMR ... markers increased to slightly above normal
Posted: Jun 30 11:14am
Let's see...I can't recall your original post or if I replied to it. When I try...
thinking that if they thought it was pmr ... Supposedly, that's the test for pmr ... high and some were at the high end of normal
Posted: Jul 11 2:46pm
My doctor also seems to think prednisone should take ALL the pain away. In fact, he...
My ‘inflammation’ markers are also normal ... so I have A-Typical PMR. ... he’d get a better cross section of PMR
Posted: Aug 1 8:47am