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People find different things that work for them. Collectively they are all called "Steroid sparing medications."...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1206761/
but some people have both GCA and PMR ... what some people have received for PMR ... https://www.kevzara.com/hcp/pmr ---
Discussion: Titration down in steroids
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 8 11:38am
I'm just wondering what you would consider to be "useful medical advice." The standard of care...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1247870/
." The standard of care for PMR ... is prednisone and wait for PMR to burn ... second rheumatologist diagnosed me with PMR
Discussion: Are specialists necessary?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 1 8:45am
I was born with asthma. 73 now. Over the years I suffered from allergy related attacks....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1317023/
While on prednisone for PMR I developed ... Bottom line is I had PMR 4 years ago ... I say were caused by prednisone or PMR
Discussion: Shortness of breath ..dyspenia..while on prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 31 8:05am
Is there a mechanism to get a "second opinion" about specific topics from medical experts in...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1055456/
from medical experts in the field of PMR ... other medical experts in the field of PMR ... Yet, for PMR/GCA, long term prednisone
Discussion: Clinical Information or Fishbowl?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 22, 2024
I am so afraid of all these drugs and the side effects they cause. I was...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/994732/
I was diagnosed with PMR in July 2023 ... any meds at all, just live with the PMR ... pain and reduce the inflammation of PMR
Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 9, 2024
My name is Richard, I'm 67. I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago after I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/798379/
I was diagnosed with PMR a year ago ... wasn't completely controlling the PMR ... known if it is being affected by the PMR
Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 18, 2023
I began having tingling in right hand in March. I still have that and since March...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070171/
I was diagnosed with PMR a number of ... feel like I am back with full-blown PMR ... anyone’s rheumatologist distinguished PMR
Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 18, 2024
It saddens me to hear that people went through the same trauma as me. I too...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1038348/
So he suspected PMR, so put me on prednisone ... rheumatologist thought I didn't have PMR ... only after i began reading about the PMR
Discussion: How often does PMR progress to GCA?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 22, 2024
Deborah57- I’m new to this “condition” too, going on 2 months. PMR hit me overnite, I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1029312/
PMR hit me overnite, I had no idea what ... diagnosed in 2 days, I had never heard of PMR ... I read up on PMR and thought sure, 1
Discussion: New to PMR diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 7, 2024
Neither my father nor I (he has PMR; I have a different inflammatory arthritis) has tried...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/897403/
Neither my father nor I (he has PMR; ... vitamins at one point for fatigue before PMR ... One of my father’s main PMR symptoms
Discussion: How did you cope with the side effects tapering off prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jul 17, 2023
I’m 71. In December 2020 I went to an orthopedic doctor because both my knees were...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858630/
couldn’t figure it out but did suspect PMR ... wonderful doctor who correctly diagnosed PMR ... I also think not treating the PMR correctly
Discussion: How did your PMR begin?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 12, 2023
I become confused by the concerns over longtime use of prednisone, a concern doctors share with...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841329/
life is seriously diminished with PMR ... Maybe some of this pain is NOT PMR related ... Possibly, PMR sufferers are more sensitized
Discussion: Anyone diagnosed with PMR after the Covid vaccine?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 11, 2023
Hi @tinman2020, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @colleenyoung and others....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/635921/
After I was diagnosed with PMR by a ... taper off I went 6 years before my PMR ... the inflammation to help with the PMR
Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Sep 16, 2021