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Welcome to the forum and the PMR/GCA---prednisone world. I was a neurosurgery nurse for the majority...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/900408/

Welcome to the forum and the PMR/GCA ... I'm on a biologic now to treat PMR

Discussion: Associated migratory primarily thoracic back pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 22, 2023

Hi @bruce1951vet, It took me 3 and half years to taper off of prednisone my first...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/889839/

off of prednisone my first time with PMR ... My second time with PMR six years after

Discussion: What steroid dosage did you start on? Did you find the right dosage?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 4, 2023

Mayo I am a 72 year old woman of Scandinavia/English descent. I began experiencing pain a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/860754/

work, I was finally diagnosed with PMR ... lifestyle changes and deal with the PMR

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 16, 2023

Did you have any injections of any description before your PMR began? Flu vaccine maybe or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855219/

injections of any description before your PMR ... the fact that I have to live with PMR

Discussion: Diet & PMR.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 6, 2023

Hello- I was diagnosed with PMR 12/2021 by my Primary care provider. She started me on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841801/

Hello- I was diagnosed with PMR 12/2021 ... rheumatologist is not convinced I have PMR

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 11, 2023

Hi @redboat, I think the answer to your question may be different depending on who you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/818285/

prednisone for both my occurrences of PMR ... condition of GCA which can accompany PMR

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 27, 2023

I was taking prednisone daily for 13 years before Actemra was tried. It takes time for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/728430/

also have aches and pains similar to PMR ... injections every 10 days to treat PMR

Discussion: Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? FDA approved for GCA

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 19, 2022

Hi @jfannarbor, Thanks for starting this discussion. I've done the Mayo Clinic GeneGuide which is no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/706589/

My PMR is currently in remission. ... wake up but it's nothing like the PMR

Discussion: Genetic Sequencing and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 9, 2022

It's good you went to an opthomalogist. I had blurring vision, losing seeing colors, flashes of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1173754/

I have Smoldering Myeloma (and PMR).

Discussion: New to Autoimmune Diseases, concerned blurry vision

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Please, please, please contact your doctors - PCP and rheumy both. Extreme anxiety can have many...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1160040/

and it may not be related to your PMR

Discussion: Extremely anxious

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 20, 2024

About 2 months ago, after having experienced the serious suffering most or all of you have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/975529/

have described, I was diagnosed with PMR ... What I read today on our PMR support ... Since joining our PMR group and reading ... Based on what I have read on our PMR ... I have learned that PMR is complicated

Discussion: How long has PMR lasted - I'm trying to find the average

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 5, 2023

Thank you so much. I took only 25mg of Lyrica at bedtime last night and did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1153368/

13 months I was on prednisone for PMR

Discussion: Severe spinal stenosis

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: Oct 7, 2024

I was quite active until I broke 2 vertebrae in 2021. I had a spinal fusion...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1099391/

I was walking daily until PMR struck