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Hello, I am sorry to read your comment. PLEASE read my comment link below. Your pmr...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1066590/

Your pmr is still active and steroids

Discussion: Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase or decrease prednisone)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 12, 2024

I appreciate you sharing about your experience with Actemra. I am assuming because the plaquenial hasn’t...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989927/

plaquenial hasn’t done much for the PMR

Discussion: Methotrexate / Actemra

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 1, 2024

I tried two times on the rec of my doc to take a single daily dose...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/958166/

So I end up with side effects AND PMR

Discussion: Morning misery: Is prednisone effective 24 hrs? PMR and hands

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 3, 2023

I have recently been diagnosed with PMR. I have been on 20mg Prednisone for a week....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/808168/

have recently been diagnosed with PMR

Discussion: PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 8, 2023

Actually, my rheumatologist advised me NOT to get any vaccines. He is concerned any would produce...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/790645/

concerned any would produce a flair in the PMR

Discussion: Shingles vaccination while on steroids

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 30, 2022

Does anyone have experience with hydroxychloroquine? My rheumatologist has had me on it for two months...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783596/

seemed to have been aggravated by PMR

Discussion: Anyone have experience with Low Dose Naltrexone instead of prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 11, 2022

It’s a good idea, PMR or not, to get up at least once an hour and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/696435/

It’s a good idea, PMR or not, to get

Discussion: Blood Clots - Connected with PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 6, 2022

I had breathlessness and fatigue for a while - with anemia - which is part of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/616917/

- with anemia - which is part of PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 15, 2021

BTW Sunday night I took 20 mg Prednisone, no Melatonin...the PMR symptoms were background noise at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/612129/

mg Prednisone, no Melatonin...the PMR

Discussion: Melatonin and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 28, 2021

JohnI have gained some weight with my PMR. What exactually do you think causes the weight...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137683/

JohnI have gained some weight with my PMR

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 24, 2018

My understanding from various arthritis support groups that MXT is more likely to assist with RA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1267716/

more likely to assist with RA than PMR

Discussion: Anyone having luck while taking methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 27 3:13am

Thank you John. I’ve only discussed DMARDs and pred. It is my understanding that opioids will...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1237152/

understanding that opioids will not cause the PMR

Discussion: Prednisone and Opioids

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 15 12:32am

One new study at 25mg methotrexate showed that it does nothing for PMR. https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/results-of-a-one-year-randomized-double-blind-placebo-controlled-trial-with-methotrexate-25mg-per-week-for-recently-diagnosed-polymyalgia-rheumatica/

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1221929/

methotrexate showed that it does nothing for PMR

Discussion: Using methotrexate with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 26 8:19am

Developed PMR within 2 weeks of my second Covid booster. Then within two months GCA. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/898197/

Developed PMR within 2 weeks of my second

Discussion: Can PMR (Polymyalgia Rheumatica) be induced by vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 18, 2023

Good point ... I added an addendum. An endocrinologist was monitoring my cortisol level when I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1282568/

with my rheumatologist to make sure PMR

Discussion: taper decision - stay at 1MG or keep going lower

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 15 1:38pm

There is an abundance of 'trial and error' when treating any medical condition. No two people...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1062217/

#39;t know for sure if I'm "PMR ... relatively pain free" and "PMR ... According to my rheumatologist, PMR ... condition if you need to wait for PMR ... I wouldn't say I have PMR relapses

Discussion: 2 year struggle to get off prednisone still hard to get from 3 to 2mg

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 4, 2024

I hesitated to share this info as it sounds kind of wacko. But want to say...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1126093/

It seriously reduces my pmr body aches

Discussion: Could your PMR have been a result of the Covid mRNA vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 18, 2024

There are a few peoples here who are on it - it’s a biologic like Humira...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1030554/

and Enbrel but formulated more for PMR