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Remember YOU make the final decision, I have said NO to Doctor's prescriptions many times. My...

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My Rheumy loves Methotrexate- no thank

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 21, 2023

I am on a high dose of methotrexate and along with it comes fatigue and I...

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I am on a high dose of methotrexate

Discussion: Side effects of Methotrexate for Autoimmune Diseases.

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Apr 5, 2016

I was diagnosed with PMR 5 months after 2 Pfizer jabs in late 2021. Went through...

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through treatment with Prednisone then Methotrexate

Discussion: Anyone diagnosed with PMR after the Covid vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 24, 2024

I’ve been reading a lot of these posts. There are many people who are tapering that...

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are tapering that are in actemra or methotrexate

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 19, 2023

I am on Actemra also. Wonder drug!!!! After almost five years on prednisone, hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate and...

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on prednisone, hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate

Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 10, 2023

I'm a retired RPh with pmr x 3 years. Tylenol fine with Prednisone. 1000 mg 4...

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Not to be taken with methotrexate for

Discussion: Last Prednisone Pill

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 7, 2024

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

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I am having side effects from the methotrexate

Discussion: Methotrexate / Actemra

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 1, 2024

Thanks for the tips John. So does prednisone (& meds) play a role in curing or...

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to run its course with prednisone, methotrexate

Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 18, 2021

I was taking Methotrexate for two months and it had no affect whatsoever and my kidney...

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I was taking Methotrexate for two months

Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 16, 2020

We saw rheumatologist today and he confirmed my husband’s PMR inflammation markers are elevated. So he...

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prednisone to 20mg daily plus added methotrexate

Discussion: Need to decide to get a Covid Shot while I have PMR.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

I also support the slow taper after a unsuccessful faster taper...presently going down 1 mg per...

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at 7mg/day - with the addition of methotrexate

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 22, 2022

Husband was diagnosed with relapsing polychondritis. Is currently having radiation for prostate cancer. Was taking methotrexate...

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Was taking methotrexate but quit.

Discussion: Relapsing Polychondritis

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Mar 13, 2019

Yes! I have been in an active rheumatoid arthritis flare for several months and am currently...

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several months and am currently taking methotrexate ... Could it be the methotrexate kicking

Discussion: Did PAXLOVID also relieve your arthritis and autoimmune symptoms?

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: Jan 8, 2024

I was diagnosed with Erythema No Dosum at 7 yrs old. I am now 54. They...

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He prescribed Methotrexate. ... get to a Rhemotologists and ask for Methotrexate

Discussion: Chronic Erythema Nodosum & Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Oct 18, 2017

@girastancil, Hopefully other members with PMR who have used treatments other than prednisone can share their...

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alternatives I've read about are Methotrexate ... Methotrexate is typically used for relapsing ... "Conclusions: Agents such as methotrexate

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 20, 2022

My brother-in-law has had PMR for the past 12 years. He has taken methotrexate all that...

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He has taken methotrexate all that time

Discussion: Actrema advice

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 9 11:37am

Wv-Sounds like you are moving in the right direction. I’m on 7 tablets of methotrexate and...

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I’m on 7 tablets of methotrexate and

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 22, 2022

Interesting... my husband had 1 Moderna vaccine and developed terrible pain and developed frozen shoulders, hips,...

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He is now on methotrexate and pain meds

Discussion: Iron Depletion in Blood related to COVID?

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: May 28, 2022

I just started trying Methyprednisolone (day 2) to see if works better than Prednisone for me....

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is going to talk to me about adding Methotrexate

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 5, 2022

Hi everyone, This is my fourth episode of PMR 1n 10 years - groan. For my...

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in weaning off prednisone and the methotrexate ... ;" has this to say about using methotrexate ... episode, I've started again on methotrexate ... However, the methotrexate does require

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 15, 2022