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The following link spells it out. However, there is considerable controversy about what the "best way"...
patients seemed to achieve remission of PMR ... for PMR, there are no magic ways that ... The link above also provides some alternatives ... a year or two before the alternatives ... Sometimes PMR isn't "self-limiting
Posted: Feb 25, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR on Jan 25 of last year. Today, Jan 9, 2024 doc...
I was diagnosed with PMR on Jan 25 of ... , Jan 9, 2024 doc has taken me off prednisone ... I took my last (hopefully, 2.5 prednisone ... rear view mirror while realizing that PMR ... There are alternatives to prednisone
Welcome @600dave600, I did start eating a better during my second experience with PMR and it...
better during my second experience with PMR ... and it helped me get off of prednisone ... sooner than my first time around with PMR ... /discussion/diet-pmr/. --- Low-carb ... Have you discussed alternatives with
I am looking for advice - I contracted PMR in mid-September and started 10mg of prednisone...
looking for advice - I contracted PMR ... mid-September and started 10mg of prednisone ... my intake to 15mg per day or maybe alternate
Posted: Dec 21, 2023
@teddyz I also am on a very slow taper -- now at 6.5 mg of Prednisone...
very slow taper -- now at 6.5 mg of Prednisone ... until I have virtually no symptoms of PMR ... below 7 mg., but it is different from PMR ... Also, I start by alternating my old
Posted: Dec 12, 2023
@tjmjsjwj. Thank you for your reply. I was also treated by my internist and I had...
I tolerated prednisone well so didn’ ... t have to take any alternatives. ... this site, of people dealing with PMR
Hi @jixster, That's a really good question. Prednisone works well to control the PMR pain but...
Prednisone works well to control the ... PMR pain but high doses and long term ... discussion on your question here: --- PMR ... Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone
Posted: Dec 3, 2023
My rheumatologist originally gave me standing orders for monthly crp and sed rate tests. Both were...
were very high at the onset of my pmr ... My current prednisone dose has greatly ... through it without increasing the prednisone ... I'm now alternating between 8.5 ... to 8 for 2 weeks and then will try alternating
Posted: Aug 7, 2023
Hi @lanieg, I'm sorry to hear that the prednisone is messing with your blood glucose. That...
lanieg, I'm sorry to hear that the prednisone ... do anything to treat the cause of PMR ... or need alternatives. --- PMR: Are ... there treatment alternatives to Prednisone ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone
Wishing you luck... I don't know if GCA could pop up again as a problem, but...
But on the prednisone dose, if this ... his caregiver; he is the one with PMR ... never diagnosed with GCA; his highest prednisone ... to cut the pills, we would either alternate ... doses (i.e. alternate 30 mg with 25
Hello @bren2023, There is another discussion that might be helpful answering your question. --- What's a...
a good anti inflammation drug (not prednisone ... ) for PMR? ... recommended-anti-inflamation-drug-not-prednisone-for-pmp ... Have you discussed alternatives to prednisone
Before I was diagnosed with PMR and began taking prednisone, I tried a number of things...
Before I was diagnosed with PMR and ... Thankfully I was finally diagnosed with PMR ... for those who haven't dealt with PMR ... to suggest all sorts of alternatives ... truly understand what a person with PMR
Posted: May 24, 2023
Hello @dnricketts, Welcome to Connect. You will notice that we moved your post to an existing...
. --- PMR: Are there treatment alternatives ... to Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone ... concerns of long term side effects of prednisone
I become confused by the concerns over longtime use of prednisone, a concern doctors share with...
the concerns over longtime use of prednisone ... life is seriously diminished with PMR ... Maybe some of this pain is NOT PMR related ... Possibly, PMR sufferers are more sensitized ... my case for ten months) with a life altering
Yes ... I was offered Actemra (tocilizumab) for PMR after "all other treatment alternatives failed." That...
offered Actemra (tocilizumab) for PMR ... after "all other treatment alternatives ... I tried to taper off prednisone starting ... from a dose of 40 mg when PMR was first ... Synovitis is associated with both PMR
Hello @lestep, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @tillysam and others....
your PMR symptoms can be difficult ... for PMR? ... using schedules such as 10/7.5 mg alternate ... remission is maintained." --- 2015 PMR ... www.rheumatology.org/Portals/0/Files/2015%20PMR
Posted: Mar 14, 2023
I sympathize with you! I was diagnosed with PMR and took prednisone for 13 years before...
I was diagnosed with PMR and took prednisone ... for PMR. ... I think prednisone is good for PMR if ... PMR shouldn't be allowed to persist ... If it does, there needs to be an alternative
Discussion: PMR and RA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 9, 2023
Hello @ozblossom and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You will notice that I have moved your...
discussion which you can find here: - PMR ... : Are there treatment alternatives to ... Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone
Don't know if this is the right place to post but thought I'd try. I am...
anyone has a chemical free or natural alternative ... I also have PMR and am on long term ... Prednisone which probably doesn'
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Oct 23, 2022
Welcome @douglow, You will notice that we moved your post to the following existing discussion on...
that you can meet other members with PMR ... occurrences but both were controlled by prednisone ... with Methotrexate other than if the prednisone ... I definitely would be looking for alternatives ... PMR is the pits.
Posted: Oct 18, 2022