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Met with my Rhuemy last week, did blood work. The markers were normal and she stated...
markers were normal and she stated my PMR ... to take the meds one night and the pain ... fwd to the taper given the current level ... of pain in the AM (I call it background ... level a 1 to 2 at most)…but I guess
Posted: Sep 21, 2021
I’ve had PMR since June 2019 & am a 5 yr cancer (uterine) survivor. I’m tapering...
I’ve had PMR since June 2019 & am ... If my pain level is too uncomfortable ... sometimes I just hang in with the pain ... My heart is with my fellow PMR sufferers—God
Posted: Aug 24, 2021
I had my Moderna Vax in February and March and was diagnosed in April with PMR....
March and was diagnosed in April with PMR ... #39;t believe the difference in my pain ... level from 10 to 1 in one day!!
Hello Judy @jnebrig, Welcome to Connect. I thought I would answer your private message in this...
If your diagnosis is PMR I am not sure ... taper down slowly and only when the pain ... under control or at an acceptable level ... prednisone with only minor aches and pain ... You said your pain is from both shoulders
Posted: Jul 17, 2021
Hello everyone! I was diagnosed with PMR on June 1 and had already started on a...
I was diagnosed with PMR on June 1 and ... actually am unusual in that I have little pain ... and lower left back do hurt but the pain ... rarely exceeds level 3. ... nausea could be from either or both the PMR
Hello @throughhiker, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear you are struggling to lower the prednisone dosage...
I think most of us with PMR have experienced ... didn't taper to the next lower level ... (40+ pounds) the first round with PMR ... thinking about nutrition to help with PMR ... helps the body on a cellular nutrition level
Posted: Jun 19, 2021
Hi @ingekunga, Depending on the day, I had a problem deciding on the pain level also....
level also. ... levels. ... levels and tapering. ... Hoping you and all of our PMR friends ... have a pain free day!
@irishdancer, I think you ask a very good question that each of us has struggled with...
I put my tolerable pain level between ... with me, he was always asking about pain ... around my forehead and temples, jaw pain ... months of my first occurrence with PMR ... Do you keep a daily pain and dosage
What biologic was tried?? The only biologic that I'm aware of and the only one that...
I was diagnosed with PMR in 2008 so ... pain. ... adrenal insufficiency mimics PMR pain ... who encounter problems at the 7 mg level ... 3 mg and was told to hold at that level
Discussion: PMR coming back?
Posted: Aug 13, 2020
Hi Jill @jth4d, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with the other...
I've had 2 occurrences of PMR. ... lived with a minor amount of aches and pains ... taper point but kept going unless the pain ... and write down the dosage and the pain ... level so that you have something to
So sorry that you have PMR. It's a hard disease to regulate. I imagine even harder...
So sorry that you have PMR. ... taking it probably contributes to the pain ... you are having, My onset of PMR ... walking, and swimming have helped my pain ... Trying to get back to pre PMR levels
Posted: Sep 20, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR and possible GCA in July 2024. Started on 60 mg. of...
I was diagnosed with PMR and possible ... I began having more pain and by Christmas ... have noticed an increase in my energy levels
Have you had x-rays, scans, MRI's or a scintigraphy done? I presume you will have had...
to a crescendo of awful, full-body, pain ... about the time I was diagnosed with PMR ... My knees were less painful and so were ... ;m down to 8mg of prednisone those pains ... from xrays, MRI's and scars, the level
Posted: Apr 14 12:41pm
@briand3960 - My first round with PMR took me 3-1/2 years to taper off. It stayed...
@briand3960 - My first round with PMR ... I kept a daily pain log and only tapered ... when my pain level when I got up in
Posted: Apr 16 9:19am
"One usually stays on a dose that completely controls PMR pain until the inflammatory tests return...
on a dose that completely controls PMR ... pain until the inflammatory tests return ... to normal levels." ----------- ... were diagnosed with PMR. ... I had slightly more pain but not a flare
I agree with you about continuing endurance exercise. What didn't work for me was long term...
;m convinced it was a low cortisol level ... ... it was just overwhelming pain. ... PMR pain decreased but then I had no ... I still have some pain that is tolerable ... The pain doesn't prevent me from
Posted: Apr 12 8:01am
My understanding of the initial tapering is that there is an assumption that the starting dose...
levels and hopefully CRP/ESR results ... this approach is if the your CRP/ESR levels ... day when all the inflammation from PMR ... great to get to zero but only if the PMR ... As long as the PMR is still present,
Posted: Apr 24 8:12pm
Mine started from an increased dose of Crestor from what I had been taking for years....
stopped the Crestor after 20 days but my pain ... my PCP suggested that I might have PMR ... 4 weeks to check send rate and CRP levels
Posted: May 16 8:09pm
Welcome @cherylpeg, Sorry to hear you have been diagnosed with this nasty condition. It pays to...
as you can about how to cope with PMR ... discussion/resistance-training-and-pmr ... prednisone was keeping a daily log with my level ... of pain when I got up in the morning ... you keep a daily log or track your pain
Posted: May 9 7:18am
I am 57 years old and have had PMR for 2 years now. Started on 20...
I am 57 years old and have had PMR for ... markers are all elevated to the same level ... supplement with Aleve but I am always in pain
Posted: Apr 28, 2012