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Hi @deborahinmaine, I wasn't diagnosed with PMR/GCA for a year after symptoms started. I had severe...
deborahinmaine, I wasn't diagnosed with PMR ... /GCA for a year after symptoms started ... didn't get any relief from the PMR ... /GCA pain until I started prednisone
Posted: Dec 8, 2022
Hi Christi, I too live in an area with a dire shortage of good specialists. My...
GP is good, but not well versed in PMR ... neurologist has a lot of experience with PMR ... because of its connection to GCA and ... you to try to find a specialist for PMR
Hi @christi48, I started on 40 mg of prednisone in late May, 2021 for Giiant Cell...
and PMR made me anorexic and I lost ... The year I spent on the couch with PMR ... a perfect drug, but in the case of GCA ... and PMR, it reduces pain and can prevent ... more serious symptoms of GCA.
I was originally diagnosed with PMR over 2 years ago. I went on a 10 month...
I was originally diagnosed with PMR ... Yes, I was then diagnosed with GCA, ... stopping the Actemra infusions for GCA
@joeblo746, This is from 2017 and mentions Hydroxychloroquine as a PMR treatment although I had not...
and mentions Hydroxychloroquine as a PMR ... Although 40% to 60% of patients with GCA ... have associated PMR symptoms at diagnosis
@joeblo746, If the 20 mg doesn't get it done for you it's time to have a...
there are some conditions that mimic PMR ... that mimic polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... that have had Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... ) along with their PMR generally have
Posted: Aug 17, 2022
So I'm reading all these posts with some trepidation, because I've been put on 40mg prednisone...
down), but when I got below 20mg, the PMR ... due to the possibility of developing GCA ... seeing my neurologist--who treats PMR ... patients as it's associated with GCA
Posted: Aug 7, 2022
Hi @hfoster, the proper dosage of prednisone is supposed to take care of the pain of...
supposed to take care of the pain of PMR ... Cell Arteritis, the evil sister of PMR ... doctor warn you about the symptoms of GCA ... About 30% of those with PMR develop
The Rheumatologist was as her reviews depicted her. My approach was to go in with an...
coffee, because fatigue is part of PMR ... well maybe you were just meant to get PMR ... everything that does run in my family, PMR ... and was pretty sure I don't have GCA ... probably pain returning from before the PMR
Posted: May 31, 2022
It took almost 6 months to be diagnosed with GCA. Part of it was my fault...
almost 6 months to be diagnosed with GCA ... I got a neurologist who diagnosed GCA ... temporal biopsy which proved that I had GCA ... He says I do not have PMR.
Hi @jabrown0407, I had PMR, undiagnosed, a number of months before being diagnosed with GCA. With...
Hi @jabrown0407, I had PMR, undiagnosed ... months before being diagnosed with GCA ... With PMR, I had pain and stiffness (
Thanks Carol for the reply and interesting information. Please clarify what you mean by massage clots....
a half before I was diagnosed with PMR ... been documented cases of people with PMR ... studies that indicated that people with PMR ... and/or GCA have a significantly higher
Posted: Dec 26, 2021
Hi @ronbode - about 30% of people with PMR develop Giant Cell Arteritis. If untreated, it...
ronbode - about 30% of people with PMR ... For me, the incapictating pain of PMR ... and subsequent diagnosis of GCA made