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I appreciate how you are feeling but am thankful they have identified EGPA which does require...
require higher doses of prednisone than PMR ... takes longer to lower the pain than PMR ... mine and I am back to living fairly normally
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: 4 days ago
My CRP number has been normal most of the time, with one recent reading of 12....
My CRP number has been normal most of ... 77 at time of diagnosis, stayed in normal ... inflammatory arthritis other than PMR ... months it seems to be helping with PMR ... The idea of PMR triggering OA pain makes
Posted: Oct 26 11:08am
I have heard about everyone trying to get off prednisone. I have been on and off...
I am 78 yo and have normal bone density ... I was dx with PMR over 30 years ago. ... years I would have yearly bouts of PMR ... When the PMR came more often I was on
The "prednisone fix" as you call it is the only way I can get out of...
out of bed and function relatively normally ... prednisone, and I currently have no PMR ... While we have active PMR, the body needs ... would have been able to fight off the PMR
@lindaadel I encourage you to suggest a biologic to your rheumatologist. I’m on a monthly infusion...
inflammation markers have dropped to normal ... , and my PMR pain has been replaced ... with the normal aches and stiffness
Posted: Aug 31 12:25pm
Diagnosed with PMR in February, CRP test results showing inflammation at 66. Started prednisone 20 mg,...
Diagnosed with PMR in February, CRP ... considerable progress, CRP results now 6 (normal ... Sciatica on top of PMR?
Posted: Aug 26 7:14am
@dadcue @tuckerp OMG, you guys read my mind, lol. I was just thinking of what I...
of 9 days (temp. dc’d my 7.5 mg for PMR ... starting to feel a little more like my “normal ... ” PMR fatigue…..not as bad as it was
Posted: Sep 25 8:24am
While I would Never wish to argue or offer disbelief of any persons health decisions; and...
posted as "Rare", but isn't PMR ... Normally, I would not offer my opinion ... effects of Prednisone prescribed for my PMR ... short handicap from the recent gift of PMR ... Wishing all of you PMR/GCA and other
My successful taper went/is going like this: 30 for one month 30 to 10 @ 5...
10 @ 5 per two weeks SED was then normal ... Not PMR. ... Until PMR is definitely in remission
Posted: Oct 5 10:38am
"There is something about not producing enough CORTISOL? That might have caused that? Just don’t know."...
cortisol level or arthritis or flare of PMR ... immune system, or replacing cortisol normally ... Prednisone dose all the time for a PMR ... things that surely weren't just PMR ... Doctors can't even diagnose PMR
I do not know what is too fast or too slow, but it does seem from...
had the tests to confirm that your PMR ... If those are not normal I would not
Posted: Oct 16 11:10am
I didn’t use any painkillers except maybe once or twice Panadol. It was a slow recovery...
our bodies not only have to get over PMR ... painkiller if my inflammation markers were normal ... Don’t care if they can be normal and ... some people think they still have PMR
Posted: Sep 27 7:25am