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Can you call or connect electronically with your doctor tomorrow to report symptoms? I would not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1197042/

temple for the 3.5 years I have had PMR ... Research showed 25% of people with PMR

Discussion: Worried about GCA

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 25, 2024

This is all so very true. I had long Covid for over a year, started to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1192405/

over that within weeks I developed PMR ... with other joint pain I had before PMR

Discussion: PMR and preexisting knee pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 17, 2024

Everyone is different, so you might have to "experiment" with the timing of your pred. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1265040/

doctor recommended taking pred for PMR ... (for most PMR patients, stiffness is

Discussion: How to Slowly and Safely Taper Off Prednisone but ... no set rules.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 23 2:40pm

I'm with you. 74 y.o. male with pmr for 34 Mos. Prednisone relapsed 3 times. Stuck...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1148079/

'm with you. 74 y.o. male with pmr ... Pmr won't kill you but steroids

Discussion: Weaning off of all medicine - prednisone and methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 27, 2024

And that raises other questions. 1. If the natural cortisol level is highest early in the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1106912/

cortisol is supposed to help with PMR ... pain, why is that the time that PMR

Discussion: Conflict with Rheumatologist over taking Prednisone for PMR in AM/PM

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 17, 2024

Yes, I live in a swing state and have worked the polls the last few years....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1089126/

any work last year when I developed PMR ... Maybe that's why there is so much PMR

Discussion: Holistic medicine approach to PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 18, 2024

Thats very insightful. I tend to think of Reactive Arthritis>>RA>> PMR as a continuity of overlapping...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1079474/

Reactive Arthritis>>RA>> PMR ... Rheumy in NYC was torn whether I had PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 2, 2024

So my blood work showed negative for PMR but my symptoms were spot on for it....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1030570/

my blood work showed negative for PMR ... I really do have every symptom of PMR

Discussion: Rheumatoid Drs

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 9, 2024

I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago and was placed on 30 mg of prednisone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/866973/

I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago ... rheumatologist who said I did not have PMR

Discussion: Prednisone only mildly helpful for my PMR, is this common?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 26, 2023

I was on prednisone for just about a year. I started on 20 mg, tapered weekly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/851846/

markers had decreased, I no longer had PMR ... I’m assuming PMR issue but will a chiropractor

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 30, 2023

I had PMR (polymyaliga rheumatica) if that is what we are talking about, I had it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/806639/

I had PMR (polymyaliga rheumatica) if ... So I guess its good not to have PMR!

Discussion: PMR with normal blood markers

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 5, 2023

Hi @stiff, I purchased a Thermotex Platinum heating pad from Amazon and it gave me great...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/781348/

comfort when everything ached from PMR ... My PMR and GCA are in remission now,

Discussion: Any experience with red or infrared light therapy for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 5, 2022

My rheumatologist started me on Actemra two months ago. What a difference! My PMR pain is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/739979/

My PMR pain is pretty much gone. ... I have had PMR for more than four years

Discussion: What's a good anti inflamation drug (not prednisone) for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 21, 2022

John - thank you . It appears there's no consensus and the question may remain unanswered:...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/701432/

may remain unanswered: If I have PMR ... acknowledge the systemic effects of PMR

Discussion: Is PMR a form of vasculitis?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 22, 2022

Hi @tricialynn, my rheumatologist told me that if I tapered prednisone and symptoms came back I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/695638/

PMR and GCA are forms of vasculities ... When I had full blown PMR my legs were

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 2, 2022

I did try acupuncture and actually had a few strange pains the following days, one felt...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/686910/

at the time that I had underlying PMR ... About 3 months later, had full-blown PMR

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 6, 2022

I've been on prednisone twice - 3 and half years the first time with PMR and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/680218/

and half years the first time with PMR ... and half years the second time with PMR

Discussion: Hair loss from PMR or Steroids?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 12, 2022

This is so funny. My neck didn't bother me with PMR, but it was incredibly stiff...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/667446/

My neck didn't bother me with PMR ... I had PMR and GCA way before I received

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 3, 2022

I was taking melatonin to sleep due to PMR pain prior to diagnosis and starting prednisone....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/654314/

was taking melatonin to sleep due to PMR ... I learned it from reading other PMR

Discussion: Melatonin: Is it safe for people who are immunosuppressed?

Support Group: Sleep Health

Posted: Nov 15, 2021

Did the doctor who diagnosed you ever mention or ask if you have any pain in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/593561/

was discussing my pain symptoms from PMR ... another condition that is seen with PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 11, 2021