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Hi Jeff, It’s been a while since I’ve been here. PMR diagnosis in about 2016. Still...
PMR diagnosis in about 2016. ... multiple years of decreasing then up then back ... My pain these days is so debilitating ... Kevzara caused chest pain and chest ... Palindromic PMR (arthritis?)
Posted: Jul 2, 2025
I have multiple conditions that cause pain. Some of my conditions are autoimmune and some aren't....
to think the pain was PMR but not all ... of my pain was PMR. ... fact that more Prednisone relieved my back ... instead of Prednisone to help with my back ... my current pain is PMR.
Posted: Jun 25, 2025
My history is very similar. PMR started about 10 months ago with extreme pain. 40 mg...
PMR started about 10 months ago with ... extreme pain. 40 mg prednisone for ... two weeks knocked out the pain. ... Went to 10 and pains came back. 15 ... fatigue which doc says is either from PMR
I am also 72, PMR about 2 years, using Kevzara 1&1/2 years should be off it...
I am also 72, PMR about 2 years, using ... off prednisone for about 60 days, back ... after I get moving it is almost a pain
Posted: Jun 21, 2025
Hugs that things get better! Is it possible that the PMR/vasculitis is causing the dizziness for...
Is it possible that the PMR/vasculitis ... which started 4 months after the joint pain ... The temporal artery biopsy came back
I have been taking Prednisone for 12 years for PMR. Down to 3 mgs daily for...
taking Prednisone for 12 years for PMR ... Still have a lot of lower back, hip ... and thigh pain but for the most part ... with the interrupted sleep due to pain
Posted: Jun 19, 2025
Very helpful. With my PMR back - I am now on 10 mg prednisone. Takes away...
With my PMR back - I am now on 10 mg ... Takes away most of the pain. ... doc next week - okay to have some pain ... more prednisone required to eliminate pain ... kind of think if it is just moderate pain
Posted: Jun 15, 2025
I started with pain in my knees front and back last August 2024, it wasn’t until...
I started with pain in my knees front ... and back last August 2024, it wasn’ ... after Christmas that they found I had PMR ... , also a lot of pain in my neck and ... each day is different in levels of pain
Discussion: Knee pain and PMR?
Posted: Jun 4, 2025
I did the fairly traditional PMR taper off Prednisone from 15mg in Dec 2023 until stopping...
I did the fairly traditional PMR taper ... completely out of the woods yet, I'm back ... to 95% of where I was pre-PMR. ... 5 months I have not been battling PMR ... to do things the way I did before PMR
Posted: Jun 1, 2025
My Dr has no idea of how to taper the prednisone. She can't even givec a...
Is there a lab test for PMR . ... Prednisone rid of the pain. ... Pain came right back by a week.
Discussion: PMR and the taper
Posted: May 29, 2025
I should say I am not pain free. I was lucky and well educated on using...
I should say I am not pain free. ... It took me 3 months to diagnose PMR ... I have a long back so my lower back ... I do not feel like its PMR pain. ... But pain free?
Posted: May 29, 2025
I have only responded to this forum once, after I found out I had Stage 3...
I was getting over PMR at the time and ... I have not felt sick or any pain. ... After 6 years fighting PMR I do not ... I swing between a desire to fight back
Have had PMR since November. Pain and stiffness started in hips. Next involved shoulders. That was...
Have had PMR since November. ... Pain and stiffness started in hips. ... That was worst pain I have ever had. ... stiffness in hips and shoulders and back ... Pain is minimal.
Posted: May 18, 2025
X-Rays have shown I have cppd arthropathy in my hands and knee. Calcium pyrophosphate crystals. Another...
the issue of whether it's the pmr ... tapering I eventually gave up and went back ... Pmr, cppd, OA, they are all painful
Posted: May 16, 2025
Hello @lindaadele I was thinking about you this morning and thinking that I was going to...
nausea in the afternoons, a very painful ... ulcer at the back of my tongue that ... She called me back and instructed me ... weeks, at which point she will call me back ... you warm wishes and hope that your PMR
Posted: May 12, 2025
PMR causes PAIN in all of my joints. It is enough pain especially in my upper...
PMR causes PAIN in all of my joints. ... It is enough pain especially in my upper ... Prednisone is the only relief and I can cut back
Posted: May 12, 2025
I was taking a low dose of Lipitor and my Internist noted my CK level started...
months until my blood work showed my CK back ... no significant problems but looking back ... that have to live with the muscle pain ... suggested that I may have developed PMR ... My acute muscle pain started almost
Discussion: PMR & Statins
Posted: May 11, 2025
I was diagnosed in March 2025. I seem to have both PMR and osteoarthritis - PMR...
- PMR affecting neck and shoulders, ... Diclofenac helped osteo but not PMR. ... PMR pain was nearly gone in 3 days, ... Now back on Pred starting at 15 mg, ... Joint pain began in July of 2024.
Posted: May 8, 2025
I've been off Prednisone for about 3 years now, but occasionally I feel pain in my...
years now, but occasionally I feel pain ... for swimming, because I tweaked my back ... I have never had pain in my wrists or ... Got up in the morning and no pain at ... all, as per usual with my PMR.
Posted: May 2, 2025
Have you had much in the way of xrays, MRI's, scans or a full body scintigraphy...
or mechanical cause of your hip and back ... pain first. ... impingement in or around your hip and lower back ... I was diagnosed with PMR a few months ... many joints and recently my lower back
Posted: Apr 27, 2025