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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
@southtexas I have forgotten to take other meds but never the prednisone when my PMR was...
meds but never the prednisone when my PMR ... dose and you weren't in a lot of pain ... How is your pain level after you forgot
Posted: Aug 29, 2023
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
"Does anyone know if osteoarthritis can cause elevated inflammatory markers?" ----------------------------- Anything in medical terminology that...
probably depends on many factors but PMR ... I think PMR compounds the pain from ... Since PMR inflammation is in the area ... osteoarthritis can cause elevated ESR and CRP levels ... "C-reactive protein (CRP) levels
Posted: Oct 26, 2024
Thank you all for your helpful and supportive comments on my original post. I have made...
Want to check out my inflammation levels ... again, too, to see if my shoulder pain ... is connected to the original PMR or
Posted: Oct 13, 2024
My situation is one year into PMR treatment, having tapered from 30 to 2.5, decreasing 0.5...
My situation is one year into PMR treatment ... (grin and bear it) the various non-PMR ... .) we all seem to experience after PMR ... occasionally concerning levels. ... In another PMR thread, someone with
Posted: Oct 12, 2024
Hello Glinda47, Thank you for your kind words and I am so very sorry to hear...
sorry to hear you are dealing with pain ... diagnosis it got to the point that the pain ... listened, blood work was done and the PMR ... the 2nd day had taken 90 % of the pain ... decrease the dosage and maintain this low level
Posted: Sep 6, 2024
First I am in total awe that you can casually say you walked 2 miles. I...
I was diagnosed with PMR in early 2020 ... As for your effort to get off your PMR ... and then staying at that painful level ... free level then try again in 2-4 weeks ... knees that have no relationship to PMR
I was diagnosed with PMR around the same time as you. That is the only time...
I was diagnosed with PMR around the ... Prednisone since then at different levels ... Really PMR could be in remission and ... When dealing with PMR, it is difficult ... could be stenosis and not PMR.
@54pontiac I’ve had a long history (50 years!) of off/on prednisone use that has left me...
.When I was just at the osteopenia level ... do weight bearing exercise but the pain ... water exercise for our arthritis and PMR
@susanew, My first time with PMR it took 3 and half years to taper off of...
@susanew, My first time with PMR it ... could finally stop taking it and my level ... of pain was acceptable in the morning
Posted: Aug 16, 2024
I’m coming to you as someone who has both PMR and Fibro for 15 years! That...
coming to you as someone who has both PMR ... One way to tell if you have PMR is… ... upper arms is pretty convincing for PMR ... I have been on prednisone for the PMR ... for 5 years, but my pain levels went
Discussion: Fibro or PMR
Support Group: Fibromyalgia
Posted: Aug 12, 2024
My experience was the same. Tapering off Prednisone is uncomfortable and painful even when PMR isn't...
is not as bad as PMR pain. "Niggles ... to zero simply because my cortisol level ... tell me to wait until my cortisol level ... lower than 3 mg until my cortisol level ... know waiting and checking a cortisol level
Posted: Aug 8, 2024
I believe I have had PMR for a least a year. Up until 6 months ago...
I believe I have had PMR for a least ... Up until 6 months ago I thought the pain ... When I went to ER with extreme pain ... physician in a few minutes know it was PMR ... level and continue in this patern.
Posted: Jul 22, 2024
Bad luck! But at least you have pred with you so you can relieve the pain....
pred with you so you can relieve the pain ... Do you have PMR and just had a flare ... I have PMR and was able to contact my ... inflamation marker crp was way high the level
I had the most trouble tapering in my first occurrence of PMR during the last six...
tapering in my first occurrence of PMR ... and not have significant (for me) pain ... I only went up if my level of pain in
Discussion: Traveling with PMR
Posted: Jul 9, 2024
Hello @tiateacake, Welcome to Connect. I don't think it's something you have to get used to...
helped me was keeping a daily log of my level ... of pain when I woke up along with my ... everyone is different when it comes to PMR ... Do you keep a daily log of your level ... of pain and prednisone dosage?
Posted: Jul 8, 2024
Yes ... I started Actemra (tocilizumab) more than five years ago on January 1st 2019. I...
then after 12 years of prednisone for PMR ... had other problems in addition to PMR ... It is difficult to find PMR patients ... Nobody ever blamed PMR for causing my ... didn't have any huge amount of pain
Keep up the good work. Assuming PMR symptoms are controlled, taking the lowest possible dose of...
Assuming PMR symptoms are controlled ... the best thing by far as long as the pain ... is tolerable or the pain can be controlled ... won't help boost your cortisol level
Posted: Jun 30, 2024
I was diagnosed exactly 6 months ago. 20mg of prednisone and then 8mg of Medrol were...
to 12 mg and doing okay in terms of pain ... exposure, oxidative stress, mineral levels ... , vitamin levels, hormones, thyroid, ... symptoms - no pain, no stiffness. ... okay dealing with this beast called PMR
Posted: Jun 27, 2024