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I have just been diagnosed with shingles, too. Have been on prednisone for PMR since mid...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1262441/

Have been on prednisone for PMR since

Discussion: Ugh, just been diagnosed with shingles, vaccine in one year?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 20 8:01am

I read the article and found it frustrating double speak. One thing that jumped out was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1210099/

I have been on steroids for PMR since

Discussion: ACR Convergence 2023 Nov -Program abstracts are available for view

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 12 6:12pm

I am learning so much from this blog. I will be starting my 4th month on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1235194/

I have no PMR symptoms since starting

Discussion: If you have tapering problems below 5 mg this might explain why.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 12 10:49am

@elisyahmaritz Welcome to Mayo Connect. I personally do not take prednisone, but did a little research....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1260008/

topic in the Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR

Discussion: Prednisone addiction(?)

Support Group: Addiction & Recovery

Posted: Mar 17 5:35am

I use an Apple Watch and the health data app actually shows when PMR hit last...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1280114/

health data app actually shows when PMR

Discussion: Exercise is so important

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 12 11:56am

I feel for everyone in this group, because I can certainly relate that this is not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/924124/

2018 I had my first experience of PMR ... He then printed off a PMR information ... Bingo, PMR!!!

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 4, 2023

I am sorry you are going through this. I was diagnosed with PMR about eight months...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/811596/

I was diagnosed with PMR about eight ... who said he did not believe I had PMR ... Now according to the website on PMR

Discussion: PMR with normal blood markers

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 14, 2023

I was referred to an endocrinologist who took control of my Prednisone dose. The endocrinologist was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1341080/

mind that I was taking Actemra and PMR ... not I still needed Prednisone for PMR ... taper any lower than 15 mg because my PMR

Discussion: kevzara and relapse

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 4 1:42pm

what we do know is that our bodies all react differently to different medications. Some have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1090964/

I think keeping the PMR from restarting

Discussion: After remission ... has anyone discontinued Actemra or Kevzara?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 21, 2024

I too am determined to get off steroids asap. Reducing at 0.25mg per week and down...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067318/

results confirm my feeling that the PMR

Discussion: Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase or decrease prednisone)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 13, 2024

Great informative string. I was diagnosed with PMR about a year ago. Like most on this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/975612/

I was diagnosed with PMR about a year

Discussion: How long has PMR lasted - I'm trying to find the average

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 5, 2023

@charlotte61 yes, that’s true! Just like my husband, many people get diagnosed by chance. If it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/965604/

Hopefully, my husband’s PMR will remain

Discussion: How often does PMR progress to GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 16, 2023

Hello @joan7, Welcome to Connect. Love the photos of your beautiful pups. They definitely put a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/923026/

--- GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 2, 2023

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873820/

Rheumatologist, and learned that many PMR

Discussion: Anyone else have PMR with some serious sternum/rib cage pain?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6, 2023

Hi Teri. I actually diagnosed myself! I was searching conditions online, e.g. MS, Lupus, osteoarthritis, etc....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/873731/

The results returned PMR.

Discussion: Can we make PMR funny ? Can we fight the immune cells involved ?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6, 2023

I had two neck injections for the arm/hand pain and a back injection for the hip...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/871698/

5th referral it was thought maybe PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 3, 2023

I had carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists well before PMR and now GCA. Just recently...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864852/

surgery on both wrists well before PMR

Discussion: Carpal tunnel symptoms and PMR: What choices do I have?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 22, 2023

I thought I still had PMR after I had tapered down to 1 mg of prednisone....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/856694/

I thought I still had PMR after I had

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 8, 2023

I believe I researched concussions and immune system. Whatever it was, it said that a major...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/846758/

PMR is directly related to the immune

Discussion: How did your PMR begin?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 21, 2023

Wondering if anyone goes to a chiropractor to help with joint and muscle pains. I have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/820143/

I have pmr and giant cell Arteritis,

Discussion: Buttock/tailbone pain, sitting or lying down - symptom of PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 3, 2023