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I was diagnosed w PMR last Nov w normal inflammation markers. There’s a small percentage of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/882855/

I took methotrexate (along w prednisone

Discussion: Any difficulty in diagnosis of PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 22, 2023

My Rheumatologist said hair loss is nothing like when you are on chemotherapy. I lost mine...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/767338/

lose strands from prednisone & methotrexate

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 30, 2022

My PMR first started manifesting in my hands and wrists on New Years Day. Everyone thought...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1093589/

started on 15 mg. of prednisone and methotrexate ... mg prednisone daily and take 20 mg methotrexate ... My hair is thinning from methotrexate

Discussion: Are painful swollen hands and fingers a PMR flare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 24, 2024

My dr has told me she would like me to use methotrexate or kevzara as well....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1116246/

has told me she would like me to use methotrexate

Discussion: What justifies an increase in prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 2, 2024

COVID in early 2022. After 3 months diagnosed with PMR. After a couple of months, diagnosis...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1011933/

Was on methotrexate, now on Arava.

Discussion: Has anyone been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after covid?

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: Feb 8, 2024

Yes, for me! I have been on low-dose methotrexate pretty much since 2007 diagnosis. It also...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870027/

I have been on low-dose methotrexate

Discussion: Polyarteritis anyone?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: May 31, 2023

I’m now up to eight 2.5 methotrexate tabs once a week from six. My head is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/780946/

I’m now up to eight 2.5 methotrexate

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 4, 2022

Sorry to hear of your struggles. I did not have the negative reactions you experienced to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/726941/

negative reactions you experienced to methotrexate

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 15, 2022

Hi~ I do not have any conditions that I know of currently that the methotrexate would...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/725845/

that I know of currently that the methotrexate

Discussion: PMR and RA

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jul 11, 2022

I have have difficulty decreasing prednisone. As soon as I get below 10, my symptoms increase....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/724395/

I have tried Methotrexate and Leflunomide

Discussion: Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? FDA approved for GCA

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 7, 2022

I have been taking Methotrexate since the beginning of October. I have had PMR for 7...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1223743/

I have been taking Methotrexate since

Discussion: Using methotrexate with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 28 9:24am

Hi @ajpicknell and welcome to Connect! It’s great to hear that you were diagnosed quickly and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/67696/

@04021974 took methotrexate and may

Discussion: Lymphomatoid Papulosis

Support Group: Skin Health

Posted: Oct 12, 2018

My pain has been so bad that I called the hesrt clinic to see them. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/188502/

I broke down and took my methotrexate

Discussion: Rheumatoid Arthritis - Hope for remission? Continues to get worse?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Mar 12, 2018

Thank you for the update. I'm glad your son is doing better!!! Have you seen a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/50933/

daughter is now having issues with the Methotrexate

Discussion: Uveitis in children

Support Group: Eye Conditions

Posted: Dec 11, 2011

I work with a very good ophthalmologist in the Phx area who treats pts with chronic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/50926/

I am assume since she is on methotrexate

Discussion: Uveitis in children

Support Group: Eye Conditions

Posted: Jul 20, 2011

Colleen, thank you for your response. I read the posts. I think sleep, or lack thereof,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1321287/

Tonight I start Methotrexate.

Discussion: Does a change in weather cause your PMR to flare?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6 5:43am

My doctor started me on 40 mg at the beginning of my PMR --- within 24...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/679924/

was down to 10mg BUT she put me on Methotrexate ... Acid that HAS to be taken with the Methotrexate

Discussion: What steroid dosage did you start on? Did you find the right dosage?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 11, 2022

Hi Charann, I have had GCA since 2016. I had no symptoms but it was discovered...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/197353/

treated so I was on prednisone and methotrexate ... longer take it but still taking the methotrexate

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 10, 2020

I am 75 yo male. I was diagnosed with PMR about a year ago . I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1148260/

had several flairs untill I started methotrexate

Discussion: Weaning off of all medicine - prednisone and methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 27, 2024

Nothing that I can pinpoint…I don’t really know what a flare is. Still in the beginning...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1164313/

Is the methotrexate working?

Discussion: Dermatomyositis Flare: How long does it take for the meds to build up?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Oct 28, 2024