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Actually, The Mayo Clinic is where I am considering seeking treatment. I have reviewed their locations,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/225698/
attributed by them to something other than PMR ... Once one has suffered PMR pain, one ... Prednisone which is why I am researching Methotrexate ... rheumatologist, I am going to ask why Methotrexate ... or steroid myopathy rather than to PMR
Discussion: PMR or Steroid Myopathy
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 14, 2018
Your experience with PMR is very similar to mine - I was 70 when diagnosed and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/180031/
Your experience with PMR is very similar ... Rheumatologist doesn't think are PMR ... She has suggested going on Methotrexate
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 26, 2018
Hi @sallyann, and welcome to Connect. I found some information from Mayo Clinic on lifestyle and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/102099/
on lifestyle and home remedies for PMR ... How do you manage your PMR beyond your ... recently discussed their experience with PMR ... as these members wrote about taking Methotrexate
Discussion: Diagnosed with PMR 2 1/2 years ago. How do I manage the extreme pain?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 11, 2016
My brother-in-law has been taking Methotrexate for 12 years for PMR. He's tried to get off...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1240041/
My brother-in-law has been taking Methotrexate ... for 12 years for PMR. ... get off of it several times, but the PMR
Discussion: New to PMR diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 18 2:14pm
Hi, I took Plaq for 7 years when in my 20s for discoid lupus. Ive been...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1221888/
Ive been taking it now for PMR for almost ... Methotrexate OTOH has been shown to ... have zero benefits in PMR, a new study
Discussion: Plaquenil and PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 26 7:51am
"Tapering down prednisone for me was not a straight line sometimes I could reduce and then...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1310125/
infusion of Actemra instead of taking methotrexate ... I no longer feel like I have PMR anymore
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 22 8:40am
You might want to mention Kevzara for PMR because it is FDA approved for PMR. Actemra...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1228938/
might want to mention Kevzara for PMR ... because it is FDA approved for PMR. ... still isn't FDA approved for PMR ... You may need to try methotrexate first ... are rapidly changing in the realm of PMR
Discussion: Can ultrasound help confirm PMR diagnosis?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 3 8:47pm
A long time ago, methotrexate worked for me. I took it for about a year and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1310514/
A long time ago, methotrexate worked ... rheumatologist kept increasing my methotrexate ... I'm glad I tried methotrexate. ... thought prednisone was the treatment for PMR ... said Prednisone was the treatment for PMR
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 22 3:30pm
Hello. I’m Ellen, age 64, first diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) in June 2025, then discovered...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1402359/
diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR ... prednisone, I am currently on 17.5 mg methotrexate ... flexibility in my hands on week 3 of methotrexate ... Anyone else have both PMR and RA?
Discussion: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Introduce yourself and meet others
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Sep 26 10:11pm
Dear Toryf, I "feel" your pain! I was started at 20mg but told to drop after...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1387176/
FINALLY, after nine months I was given methotrexate ... After 18 months I am pain free from PMR
Discussion: I am afraid the pain will never end.
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Sep 5 8:42am
I took methotrexate for 5 months or so for PMR. Nausea was bad the first week...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1205886/
I took methotrexate for 5 months or ... so for PMR. ... under control but I'm not sure methotrexate
Discussion: Using methotrexate with PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 7 9:04am