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My experience when my PMR was active was overdoing any kind of exercise was followed by...
My experience when my PMR was active ... of exercise was followed by greater level ... of pain the next morning.
Posted: May 30 12:52pm
I was diagnosed with PMR and possible GCA in July 2024. Started on 60 mg. of...
I was diagnosed with PMR and possible ... I began having more pain and by Christmas ... have noticed an increase in my energy levels
Have you had x-rays, scans, MRI's or a scintigraphy done? I presume you will have had...
to a crescendo of awful, full-body, pain ... about the time I was diagnosed with PMR ... My knees were less painful and so were ... ;m down to 8mg of prednisone those pains ... from xrays, MRI's and scars, the level
Posted: Apr 14 12:41pm
@briand3960 - My first round with PMR took me 3-1/2 years to taper off. It stayed...
@briand3960 - My first round with PMR ... I kept a daily pain log and only tapered ... when my pain level when I got up in
Posted: Apr 16 9:19am
My understanding of the initial tapering is that there is an assumption that the starting dose...
levels and hopefully CRP/ESR results ... this approach is if the your CRP/ESR levels ... day when all the inflammation from PMR ... great to get to zero but only if the PMR ... As long as the PMR is still present,
Posted: Apr 24 8:12pm
Mine started from an increased dose of Crestor from what I had been taking for years....
stopped the Crestor after 20 days but my pain ... my PCP suggested that I might have PMR ... 4 weeks to check send rate and CRP levels
Posted: May 16 8:09pm
Welcome @cherylpeg, Sorry to hear you have been diagnosed with this nasty condition. It pays to...
as you can about how to cope with PMR ... discussion/resistance-training-and-pmr ... prednisone was keeping a daily log with my level ... of pain when I got up in the morning ... you keep a daily log or track your pain
Posted: May 9 7:18am
Very interesting. That is almost the exact schedule that I successfully followed, but I was never...
remember that it is not necessarily PMR ... at 10, my rheumy declared that my PMR ... types and levels, and that my pains ... were not PMR. ... Again, random minor non-PMR pains that
Being down to 5 mg after only 3 months must be something of a record. It's...
It's good if you can do it, but PMR ... regular blood tests to check CRP, ESR levels ... reducing the amount of steroids my level ... of PMR needs. ... shoots back up again along with more pain
Posted: Apr 17 5:21pm
Very comforting and informative, thank you! I have not been officially diagnosed for PMR but have...
not been officially diagnosed for PMR ... infection in my head but awoke to pain ... I’d had pain in these areas before but ... nothing to this level. ... possibility of Covid correlation to PMR
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Posted: Jun 3 5:05am
I had my first Dexa scan 8mths after starting on 15mg prednisolone in May 2023. The...
It showed low level osteopenia in the ... have had slight osteopenia before PMR ... stop that last year after developing painful
Posted: May 16 7:11am
I live in Canada and most definitely the barometric pressure affects my pain level. I've had...
the barometric pressure affects my pain ... level. ... I've had PMR for over years. ... down to 2 or 3 mg prednisone, but pain ... discovered that red wine increases my pain
Posted: Jan 4 7:49am
Rheumatologist is leaning towards Giant Arteritis and/or PMR, but nothing has been ruled in or out...
leaning towards Giant Arteritis and/or PMR ... headaches came back and inflammation levels ... my health and felt the debilitating pain
Wow good to know. Doctors didn’t mention this and I WAS taking Ibuprofen everyday for joint...
taking Ibuprofen everyday for joint pain ... after watching Youtube videos about PMR ... Iron levels keep going down, but doctors ... But WHY do my levels continue to decrease
Posted: Dec 26, 2024
Don't expect immediate pain relief like when prednisone takes effect. You might not have any decrease...
Don't expect immediate pain relief ... You might not have any decrease in pain ... long time but eventually my cortisol level ... ------ I took Prednisone to treat PMR ... was unexpected was that my cortisol level
Posted: Dec 22, 2024
I started with Actemra injections 5 years ago and was later switched to infusions. I prefer...
have "subtle increases" in my pain ... level. ... complete relapse or a sudden flare of PMR ... PMR and some other autoimmune disorders
Posted: Dec 22, 2024
Generally speaking it is patients without outward signs and symptoms suggestive of GCA. However, when other...
trigeminal neuralgia for the facial pain ... were exacerbated when my inflammation levels ... responded better to prednisone than PMR
@debbiebas216 I'm not sure there really is a normal being that each of us have different...
being that each of us have different levels ... When I tapered if my level of pain went ... level was in the morning. ... the discussions and comments on "PMR ... search=pmr+managing+symptoms.
Posted: Nov 24, 2024
I did not go on steroids. And so far, very glad I didn't. My pain started...
My pain started in Jan '24 and my ... Arms are still painful, but I've ... Back to pre-PMR levels.
Posted: Nov 19, 2024
Hello @debbiebas216, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @megz and others....
dose for both of my occurrences of PMR ... doctor suspect GCA in addition to the PMR ... started keeping a daily log with your level ... of pain when you first get up along ... pain was gone within a few hours until
Posted: Nov 5, 2024