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I will just remind you that prednisone increases your vulnerability to infection. It’s also a miracle...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1009577/

speak with some of the people on the PMR

Discussion: scleroderma medications and quality of life questions

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 4, 2024

Yes it gets complicated quickly when the immune system goes haywire. Toss in prednisone side effects,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1008570/

you to take prednisone long term for PMR

Discussion: Methotrexate / Actemra

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 2, 2024

I was diagnosed with PMR last November and have been treated with Prednisone since then. Was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/938384/

I was diagnosed with PMR last November

Discussion: Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 28, 2023

An update on the Topiramate (Topamax) I've been on almost a month now. No side effects...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/921665/

it so many years, I'll get the PMR

Discussion: Managing fibromyalgia

Support Group: Fibromyalgia

Posted: Aug 30, 2023

Hi Annsheehan, Mine almost exactly the same, with the one exception my pain started immediately after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/856404/

specialist took me off after 3 months then PMR

Discussion: Anyone diagnosed with PMR after the Covid vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 8, 2023

My rheumatologist says I have PMR with "presumed" GCA. I was diagnosed in Feb 2023, and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/849687/

My rheumatologist says I have PMR with

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 26, 2023

Hi @krueg, PMR and GCA are described as "self-limiting diseases" that eventually burn themselves out. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/849353/

Hi @krueg, PMR and GCA are described

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 25, 2023

Hi @lanieg, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @flymetothemoon and others....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/790760/

Was it prescribed for the PMR pain or

Discussion: Good days and bad days

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 31, 2022

I agree with John that pred is the only way to start to recover. The anti-inflamatories...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/790084/

if they have much experience with PMR

Discussion: Prednisone and Pain

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 29, 2022

I was diagnosed in May 22 but didn’t start treatment until June. I really wanted my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/755250/

tapering—down to 15 mg but all of this PMR

Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 29, 2022

It sounds like he needs to be on prednisone. It would be very difficult to wait...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/714723/

I am on my 3rd bout of PMR and have

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 6, 2022

You said it perfectly and how I have been feeling as well. As if our quality...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/686990/

my bloodwork) I can still feel the PMR

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 6, 2022

Currently stepping down on prednisone from 40mg -- down to 5mg and my RA doctor put...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/683210/

doctor first of april ---- since the PMR

Discussion: Experience with Methotrexate?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 21, 2022

@pacarolyn, My PMR is currently in remission but during the 2 times that it was active...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/674519/

@pacarolyn, My PMR is currently in remission

Discussion: Persistent pain in top left side of back below the shoulder

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 24, 2022

I was 74 when I developed PMR in January 2024. I was diagnosed and started on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1297315/

I was 74 when I developed PMR in January ... I have learned that fighting PMR takes

Discussion: I’m just wondering how old most of you are with PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 5 10:46am

I don't think statins can cause or trigger PMR. I needed atorvastatin after Prednisone was started...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1329917/

think statins can cause or trigger PMR ... after Prednisone was started to treat PMR

Discussion: Long term Statin use and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 18 12:30pm

I believe my flare up came because I do not have enough prednisone to help. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/327888/

dose to 20 mg and hope it “wacks” the PMR

Discussion: Is it safe to get the Corona Virus (COVID-19) vaccine with PMR?

Posted: Mar 25, 2021

I wish I could get interested in yoga, and I've tried several times with different instructors...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1191093/

With PMR I've really had to step

Discussion: PMR and exercise: What helps you?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 15, 2024

"Restricted" isn't the right word for it in the USA but maybe it is restricted in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1190497/

Prednisone is "FDA approved" for PMR

Discussion: Flare

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 14, 2024

PMR came into my life two months ago. Formally diagnosed last week. I saw two Rhuematologists...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1165324/

PMR came into my life two months ago

Discussion: The Kevzara injection

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 30, 2024