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I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 months ago. My first assigned prednisone dosage was too...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1124064/

I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 months

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 15 9:31am

I think this is a simple way to communicate the logically possible outcomes for PMR. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1126688/

the logically possible outcomes for PMR

Discussion: Grouped Into 3 Buckets

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 19 9:59am

I was on 60 mg/day of Prednisone due to very high levels of inflammation due to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1000819/

high levels of inflammation due to PMR

Discussion: GCA prednisone vs. actemra infusion therapy

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 20 5:49pm

Fatigue is hard to define let alone quantify. My recollection when I was first diagnosed with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1146712/

recollection when I was first diagnosed with PMR ... I don't think PMR caused me to have

Discussion: PMR and Fatigue. Interesting study

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 24 2:08pm

I was diagnosed with PMR in April and began taking 20MG of Prednisone daily (in morning)...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/728783/

I was diagnosed with PMR in April and

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 20, 2022

Hi @amfb, Welcome to Connect. My PMR is in remission now but the two times it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/725225/

My PMR is in remission now but the two

Discussion: Taking prednisone dose, morning and evening

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 9, 2022

Hi! I'm new to this group as I was diagnosed with PMR in December 2022. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/825777/

this group as I was diagnosed with PMR

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 13, 2023

I was diagnosed with PMR back in Jan. 2022 and put on 20mg Prednisone immediately and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/746304/

I was diagnosed with PMR back in Jan

Discussion: PMR: Pain moving around your body

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 6, 2022

The so called background pain, usually experience during sleep and first thing in the AM, is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/624091/

from 20 mg which created a full blown PMR

Discussion: Plaquenil and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 7, 2021

@irishdancer, I think you ask a very good question that each of us has struggled with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/138197/

months of my first occurrence with PMR

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 10, 2021

Thank you for your reply! I am definitely going to need to mention the PMR and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/885030/

definitely going to need to mention the PMR

Discussion: I don't know what to do anymore

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: Jun 25, 2023

Terry, I have had a lot if ups and downs with my pmr. My pcp sent...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/922913/

had a lot if ups and downs with my pmr

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 2, 2023

Hi John, thanks for your reply. Sounds like a split dose might have worked for you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/931008/

other poor souls who have had this PMR

Discussion: Prednisone tapering and extreme sweating

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 16, 2023

Prednisone helps arthritis too. It depends on whether the arthritic pain is inflammatory pain or not....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/974980/

PMR/GCA have some catching up to do

Discussion: Morning misery: Is prednisone effective 24 hrs? PMR and hands

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 4, 2023

Hi! Also new to the group and grateful that there is a place to learn more...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1018021/

My symptoms of PMR came on gradually

Discussion: New Diagnosis of Polymyalgia Rheumatica (Husband)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 18 1:25pm

I'm glad to hear the LDN is helping, even if it's not enough to completely replace...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/865851/

will help someone else: My dad has PMR

Discussion: Low Dose Naltrexone and Prednisone for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 24, 2023

I don’t have experience with a split dose for GCA, but this is a great group...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1022880/

proposed first, but can be done for PMR

Discussion: Can you split Prednisone dose for GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 26 8:43am

Sounds great...I could do this pretty easily but would be afraid to dump the statin. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1103632/

Then with PMR or whatever it is, I haven

Discussion: Resistance Training and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 11 10:43am

@ldg001 Thanks for sharing what you’re taking. My husband is the one with osteoporosis from taking...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1103999/

He first developed PMR in May 2023 and

Discussion: STOP! Don't do this if you have osteoporosis

Support Group: Osteoporosis & Bone Health

Posted: Jul 11 11:20pm

I have really been working to stay on a healthy diet with almost no sugar intake...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1150700/

intake while taking prednisone for PMR

Discussion: PMR Diet: Foods to eat and avoid

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 2 10:20am