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Do you know if your inflammation levels have increased along with the pain? What level of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1387678/

control is key to successfully beating PMR

Discussion: The lowest effective dose, how is it defined?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 5 7:39pm

Are you still taking Enbrel for AS and uveitis? Are you also taking prednisone for PMR?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/813372/

Are you also taking prednisone for PMR ... After PMR was diagnosed, I was never ... I took prednisone for PMR daily for ... rheumatologist was certain about the PMR ... said I was unfortunate to have both PMR

Discussion: Timing of taking prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 18, 2023

Just a thought...after taking Leflunomide for PMR relief I suffered liver damage. One symptom was red...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1358730/

thought...after taking Leflunomide for PMR

Discussion: small red blotches on skin

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 28 5:33pm

Good luck with talking to your Dr. Most are pretty closed minded when it comes to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1381524/

HealthUnlocked which is made up of PMR

Discussion: Anyone taken Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) to reduce prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 28 5:39pm

I think Jak inhibitors also reduce IL-6 levels. IL-6 is the cytokine which is implicated the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1382611/

cytokine which is implicated the most for PMR

Discussion: Jak Inhibitors for PMr

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 30 10:50am

Have you completed a prednisone taper while keeping records of stiffness and pain? That is how...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1285102/

how my Rheumatologist diagnosed my PMR

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 19 5:39am

The first 2 COVID vaccines made my neuropathy in feet got to my legs. And later...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1204510/

And later I go PMR.

Discussion: Neuropathy & covid connection

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Jan 5 11:21am

I was diagnosed with PMR several months ago. Prior to any real pain symptoms I lost...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1194600/

I was diagnosed with PMR several months

Discussion: Newly diagnosed and contemplating how long this has been coming on.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 21, 2024

When my PMR was active I had very annoying numbness and tingling in my hands and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1175294/

When my PMR was active I had very annoying

Discussion: Tingling fingers part of PMR symptom?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 18, 2024

My experience when my PMR was active was overdoing any kind of exercise was followed by...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1316589/

My experience when my PMR was active

Discussion: Vigorous exercise and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 30 12:52pm

I was already diabetic, T2, when I developed PMR and started Prednisone. My blood sugar and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1092577/

already diabetic, T2, when I developed PMR

Discussion: I keep relapsing when I try to get off prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 23, 2024

The links you and others often provide are helpful, and can avoid repetitive explanations. Wishing that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1073702/

admins would establish a library of PMR-relevant

Discussion: PMR - Decreased prednisone and pain returned

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 24, 2024

I found Fosamax difficult to take, and was switched to Risendronate … no problems with that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1037472/

What an ugly illness PMR is!

Discussion: PMR, Osteoporosis and Fosamax?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 21, 2024

Thanks. I have been taking collagen powder in my morning coffee for several years. Was diagnosed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/948196/

diagnosed with a very severe case of PMR

Discussion: Can PMR be induced by Exercise

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 15, 2023

Yep, probably does. Too bad we didn’t get to pick the stuff we wanted to inherit,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873774/

gotten something a lot more fun than PMR

Discussion: Can we make PMR funny ? Can we fight the immune cells involved ?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6, 2023

The 50mg of full-spectrum CBD that I take each day is great for my mood and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/862447/

feeble to be a major player with my PMR

Discussion: Anyone tried CBD oil or medical marijuana for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 19, 2023

Just diagnosed with PMR 7 daze ago. Prednisone 20 mgs. daily for 2 weeks than taper...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/857482/

Just diagnosed with PMR 7 daze ago.

Discussion: Diet & PMR.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 10, 2023

It took 4 months for a GCA diagnosis. My PCP was not helpful. I finally went...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851704/

Most doctors are baffled by GCA and PMR

Discussion: Is everyone here diagnosed with PMR seeing a rheumatologist?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 30, 2023

My PMR symptoms stopped but gave way to symptoms of Giant Cell Arteritis - head and...

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My PMR symptoms stopped but gave way

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 18, 2022

Sadly I had back/hip pain also. I’ve now been diagnosed with AS and PMR. Now L/S...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/697086/

’ve now been diagnosed with AS and PMR

Discussion: Buttock/tailbone pain, sitting or lying down - symptom of PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 8, 2022