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Hi, I was diagnosed in November 2017 with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) and Polymyalgia Rheumatic (PMR)......

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/180660/

Arteritis (GCA) and Polymyalgia Rheumatic (PMR ... PMR is in your hips, thighs, buttocks

Discussion: Burning Pain Right Side Head, Neck, Shoulders...possible neuralgia?

Support Group: Brain & Nervous System

Posted: Aug 30, 2018

Hi Roland, I think you broke the code about staying active as much as you can...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/377772/

I wouldn’t give up hope about the PMR ... My first bout with PMR lasted 3 years

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Posted: Apr 29, 2018

I thought they suggest that DOMs does not respond to prednisolone. I envy the people on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1281976/

undertaking extensive exercise programs with PMR ... around 3 months after the onset of PMR

Discussion: Exercise is so important

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 14 6:12pm

I was diagnosed with PMR in my early 50’s. For a while, it didn’t seem like...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1186393/

I was diagnosed with PMR in my early

Discussion: Flare

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 7, 2024

@wilmingtonemperor I'm sorry to about your recent flare up. I'm wondering if it might be something...

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doctor think it's related to your PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 28, 2024

I felt very nauseous …rather like a hangover or flu even before I started prednisone so...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1069633/

prednisone so I believe it is from the PMR

Discussion: PMR - Decreased prednisone and pain returned

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 17, 2024

That is exactly what I’m hoping for 🙂. First time it stayed away for 6 years...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1023064/

to do everything I can to keep the PMR

Discussion: Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 26, 2024

My GP prescribed Gabapentin 300 mg b.i.d for carpal tunnel and bicep pain just before I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1015869/

pain just before I was diagnosed with PMR

Discussion: Miserable nerve pain

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 14, 2024

The "myalgia" in polymyalgia literally means pain in a muscle or group of muscles. PMR affects...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/946825/

PMR affects muscles as well as joints

Discussion: Calf pain when exercising

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 13, 2023

@lowell77, you might find these related discussions helpful. - COVID Booster, Prednisone and PMR: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-booster/ -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/945540/

- COVID Booster, Prednisone and PMR

Discussion: Should we get the new Covid shot while on prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 10, 2023

I had allergy shots at age 30 to 33 for 3 years in the 1970s while...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/941658/

At age 73 I was diagnosed with PMR an

Discussion: Autoimmune disease induced by allergen specific immunotherapy.

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Oct 4, 2023

You learned a valuable lesson about steroids. I stayed on them too long with PMR and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/931712/

I stayed on them too long with PMR and

Discussion: Corticosteroid injections for polymyalgia rheumatica

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 18, 2023

The following study has identified 5 different clusters of patients. It was suggested that one cluster...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/910987/

people have the same diagnosis of PMR

Discussion: The lowest effective dose, how is it defined?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 11, 2023

Several questions....Did you ever have the PMR symptoms of limited movement in the morning, such as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/883707/

questions....Did you ever have the PMR

Discussion: Any difficulty in diagnosis of PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 23, 2023

I just feel it is acting differently now than when it was full-blown PMR and needed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/699076/

differently now than when it was full-blown PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 14, 2022

welcome. This is an amazing group of fellow travellers ! I have benefited from so many...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/693745/

From my understanding because PMR diagnosis

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 28, 2022

My mother had GCA. She was started on 60 mgs. of prednisone which is the typical...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/245755/

I think many of us with PMR are watchful

Discussion: PMR and the new Shingles vaccine

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 24, 2021

Flush Face and Ears that itch Was diagnosed with PMR in August 2020...Started on 20 mg...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/138192/

Ears that itch Was diagnosed with PMR

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 18, 2021

Thank you for all that information John. At last it is beginning to make sense, particularly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/145035/

symptons of inflammation and that pushes pmr

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 20, 2020

Hello @rnm I am 76 and was diagnosed with pmr in Dec of 2018 if I...

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rnm I am 76 and was diagnosed with pmr ... first scan after being diagnosed with pmr ... have never felt as bad as when the pmr

Discussion: Osteopenia/ Osteoporosis and Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 15 10:37pm