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Prior to the recent PMR episode, during years of Chronic lower back pain, including 3 failed...
Prior to the recent PMR episode, during ... years of Chronic lower back pain, including ... potentially leading to higher blood levels
Posted: Sep 24, 2024
Sorry to hear the fingers are involved. Hoping you get some answers at your follow up...
I have joint pain at the base of my ... My first time with PMR was pretty awful ... until I could stop taking it and my level ... of pain was less than 2 when I got
Discussion: PMR to RA?
Posted: Sep 24, 2024
I simply wanted to post here because you are the first person I have come across...
also was slightly above osteopenia level ... Super painful, and they can take a long ... This is the first I have heard of PMR
Posted: Sep 12, 2024
@mtr2601 is correct that small reductions can make a big difference. Normally this is not the...
That is the approximate level that adrenal ... kicks in and you can start having pain ... that feels like a PMR flare. ... drop at that low a dosage without pain ... about my plans if I started having pain
Posted: Sep 4, 2024
That's what I think too. The doctor in the video doubled down and said PMR can...
in the video doubled down and said PMR ... PMR and GCA are "associated" ... My rheumatologist said my uric acid level ... Passing the kidney stone was painful ... Now my uric acid level is high again
Posted: Sep 3, 2024
@70infl, I'm with @megz on going from 5mg to 2.5mg can be too big of a...
buckets/categories of patients with PMR ... on Connect and other platforms with PMR ... keeping a daily log of my dosage and level ... of pain (0 to 10) when I woke up in
Posted: Aug 18, 2024
If your pain levels decrease on steroids, then yes, it means you have PMR. Steroids don’t...
If your pain levels decrease on steroids ... , then yes, it means you have PMR. ... It was a year after my PMR pain started ... is if your pain levels decrease with ... levels are getting better every day
Discussion: Fibro or PMR
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: Aug 12, 2024
That is a very good question. My cortisol level improved after 6 months. I was able...
PMR seemed to be well controlled or ... I'm not "pain free" and ... The pain is well within my tolerance ... Realistically, the pain is probably ... I say "no pain" but I don&#39
Posted: Jul 10, 2024
You did not mention it, but I presume you have been diagnosed with PMR, and that...
presume you have been diagnosed with PMR ... levels. ... The pain stopped. ... Pain while tapering after your PMR is ... Pain until your PMR is in remission
Discussion: Very new to PMR
Posted: Jul 4, 2024
The prednisone has righted more than it has wronged for me, but many days it was...
weight, it fiddled with my thyroid levels ... abdominal tumors causing abdominal pain ... required aspiration to relieve the pain ... Trust me not all systemic pains should ... be attributed to PMR.
I think and particularly my case the sooner you can get off prednisone the easier it...
cortisol wall it can easily restart the PMR ... It seemed if i went back to 5mg the pain ... pituitary is trying to restart and your PMR ... level. ... There will be some pain.
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
I'm guessing the definition of a flare up for PMR is different for all of us...
guessing the definition of a flare up for PMR ... of us depending on how we rate the level ... of aches and pains along with what ... level is unacceptable or difficult to
Posted: Jun 13, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR Oct 2023 I started a 15 mg prednisone treatment and reduced...
I was diagnosed with PMR Oct 2023 ... am now on 5mg and my inflammation levels ... are up and I’m experiencing a lot of pain
Use of my new slightly used leather gloves started after skin damage from yard work, pickleball...
were No docs with knowledge of this PMR ... fractions of 1 slowly, like a week at each level ... Now none... my shoulder pain is gone
I definitely had a low level inflammation in the knees and other joints (Osteoarthritis) before PMR...
I definitely had a low level inflammation ... other joints (Osteoarthritis) before PMR ... hit but the PMR pain was in areas that ... overflows, it can be very hard to get the level ... pay a heavy price for the relatively pain
Discussion: PMR target areas
Posted: May 8, 2024
I don't think you failed and don't let the flare crush you! I understand your feeling...
was an "off switch" as far a PMR ... That was when a cortisol level was checked ... endocrinologist verified a low cortisol level ... Staying on 3 mg was tough but the pain ... Actemra seemed to be working for the pain
Posted: Apr 10, 2024
I had a hip replacement 4 years ago but I had bone on bone. It's great...
I have had PMR for a year and have experienced ... hip,neck and shoulder pain relapses ... The hip pain is at the level I had before ... increase my Prednisone from my current level ... slowly for a couple of months and the pain
To dj13: Your timeline, dosages, and remaining symptoms closely mimic my own experiences, including playing soccer...
to be adjusted to P30 to tame the PMR ... normal, and we were no longer treating PMR ... (which at that time was up to level ... is in fact or probably PMR, increasing ... , returning pain is not always PMR,
Posted: Mar 18, 2024
PMR has been a real pain to manage for me. I started at 20 mg pred....
PMR has been a real pain to manage for ... this was leading to high uric acid levels ... wake up and feel that extra joint pain
Posted: Mar 6, 2024
A couple of thoughts: 1) Compared to other folks experience here (and mine), jumping from 7.5...
desirable to determine whether the pain ... is being caused by PMR, or another ... month since 10 mg and have not had any pain ... issues at the level you are experiencing
Posted: Feb 26, 2024