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I'm sorry that you were diagnosed with PMR. I can't add anything to what others have...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1215421/
sorry that you were diagnosed with PMR ... I was diagnosed with PMR and possible ... GCA in July 2024. ... with 60 mg. prednisone, due to the GCA ... sugar spikes are just as bad as the PMR
Discussion: Feeling defeated
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 18, 2025
Yes it was Actemra (tocilizumab). It isn't so new anymore and many people are on Actemra...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1368814/
many people are on Actemra for mostly GCA ... had been recently FDA approved for GCA ... I wasn't diagnosed with GCA ... ... only PMR among other things. ... was the "only option" for PMR
Discussion: Better to be in some pain or better to up the dose of prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
Chronic inflammation is bad but so is chronic Prednisone use. There are other ways to treat...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1340597/
to be the "only option" for PMR ... Biologics are being tried for PMR. ... ---------------------- In theory, PMR ... PMR is generally manageable and the ... complications like those associated with GCA
Discussion: PCP advising fast taper
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jul 3, 2025
That forum is very good if you are from the UK. I felt alienated on that...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1199776/
(Sarilumab) isn't approved for PMR ... Actemra is approved in the UK for GCA ... term use of corticosteroids to treat PMR ... /GCA isn't ideal.
Discussion: Looking for PMR Meetup groups in the UK
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 29, 2024
I'm a beekeeper. Before PMR, whenever I got stung, I'd have to go to urgent care...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1196298/
Before PMR, whenever I got stung, I& ... so much Prednisone on board for my GCA ... /PMR, I doubt if I would have had a
Discussion: Bee stings beneficial for PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 24, 2024
Generally speaking it is patients without outward signs and symptoms suggestive of GCA. However, when other...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1190945/
signs and symptoms suggestive of GCA ... However, when other means of detecting GCA ... artery biopsy and/or ultrasound, GCA ... It basically means people can have GCA ... responded better to prednisone than PMR
Discussion: After remission ... has anyone discontinued Actemra or Kevzara?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 15, 2024
You are a little ahead of me on taper, but I am doing it in a...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1188263/
On my first bout with PMR, I did a slow ... I did have a scare about GCA about 2 ... somewhat given up on trying to understand PMR ... At my first time with PMR, I also had
Discussion: Anti-inflammatory diet and supplements for PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 11, 2024
PMR can be a challenge for primary card doctors that haven't had a lot of older...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1179548/
PMR can be a challenge for primary card ... t had a lot of older patients with PMR ... are a lot of conditions that mimic PMR ... that mimic polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... might indicate giant cell arteritis (GCA
Discussion: Confused on what’s considered “normal”
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 25, 2024
Uveitis was just the start of things to come when I was 32 years old. I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1176552/
Good thing I was too young for PMR/GCA ... combined could easily be misdiagnosed as PMR ... /GCA. ... 20353344 --------------------------- PMR ... I know the difference so I deny GCA
Discussion: GCA prednisone vs. actemra infusion therapy
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 19, 2024