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Hi @beryl, Welcome back! I do remember you and I'm happy to hear you are doing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/708181/

Also glad to hear your PMR is staying

Discussion: PMR - Decreased prednisone and pain returned

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 14, 2022

Yes, MP is also classified as autoimmune, though there is hardly any research being done on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/322319/

I don't think MP and PMR crossover

Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 9, 2020

I was diagnosed with Polymalagia rheumatica PMR and Giant Cell arteritis GCR My blood was ok...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1130525/

diagnosed with Polymalagia rheumatica PMR

Discussion: GCA without temporal involvement

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 25, 2024

Thank you. This provides hope. You are confirming my current plan to just push through this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1078796/

shoulder pain as I am assuming it is not PMR

Discussion: Anyone have discomfort or pain when tapering off prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1, 2024

What did he mean he ruled it out with blood tests? I wasn't positive for RA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1077418/

But those are common to both RA and PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 29, 2024

My PMR started after injuring my shoulder using the TRX in rehab. I think I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1071398/

My PMR started after injuring my shoulder

Discussion: Can PMR be induced by Exercise

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 20, 2024

I find Dorset Lady’s Tapering Plan covering either 4/7/14 weeks better. You choose which plan! Also...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/926787/

A terrific forum - I developed PMR in

Discussion: When and How to Taper Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 9, 2023

After reading a lot about tapering off Prednisone I'm curious how one knows if they still...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/785966/

curious how one knows if they still have PMR

Discussion: PMR - How will I know I am in remission?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 17, 2022

Thank you. I actually went to my orthopedist thinking it might be related. Had an MRI...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/642271/

article that listed buttock pain as a PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 5, 2021

Carolyn, fabulous attitude which I’m sure serves you well in many circumstances, not just dealing with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/641787/

circumstances, not just dealing with PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 4, 2021

I was diagnosed with PMR in March of 2020. I started out on 50mg of prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/598996/

I was diagnosed with PMR in March of

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 3, 2021

My experience as well. Some relief for a few hours or days, but then back to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1012795/

I am on another PMR list which asked

Discussion: Acupuncture and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 9, 2024

My rheumy has just prescribed methotrexate to help wean off prednisone as I kept having flare-ups...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/827543/

Does the PMR ever go away and are we

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 17, 2023

I’m certainly not a doctor but I have struggled with RA for at least six years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/809415/

one autoimmune disease and RA and PMR

Discussion: PMR and RA

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 10, 2023

Thanks so much for the welcome . I am pretty shocked at my primary care doctor’s...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/797354/

I wouldn’t wish this pmr on anyone but

Discussion: Confused: Tapering vs cold turkey stopping prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 16, 2023

Both of my encounters with PMR were started at 20 mg. The first time took me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/662759/

Both of my encounters with PMR were

Discussion: Do I really have PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 15, 2021

Great news @bertbiz. Speaking of prednisone, you may be interested in the discussion that @johnbishop and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/79033/

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Discussion: Mesenteric Panniculitis or Sclerosing Mesenteritis

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Jun 10, 2016

Unfortunately you can't simply stop taking prednisone. Methotrexate might help you get off Prednisone sooner if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1131927/

evidence that methotrexate works for PMR ... I had many PMR relapses no matter how ... that was diagnosed 25 years before PMR ... unable to taper off Prednisone after PMR ... mg of Prednisone after 12 years of PMR

Discussion: methotrexate or kevzara

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 27, 2024

I finished taking Prednisone in early July after a slow taper of .25mg toward the end....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1133844/

that I'm back to where I was pre-PMR ... since I'm always afraid that the PMR

Discussion: newly diagnosed

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 31, 2024

My concern about traveling out of the county for health care not offered in the US...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1117474/

I had my initial PMR flare for 5 years ... The mental games a PMR flare plays with