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@mikeshell Please follow up with your doctor on Colleen's suggestion to take your doses 6 hours...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/728980/

I have had PMR for several years and

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 21, 2022

With regards to taking prednisone, I have had probably more than the average experience. I was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/723261/

the steroids cleared that I had my PMR

Discussion: PMR Flair up From a Virus?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 3, 2022

Hi John, I am on 8mg prednisone for PMR, having jumped from 3mg because the Moderna...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/605000/

John, I am on 8mg prednisone for PMR

Discussion: Ongoing pain with normal CRP and ESR - PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 26, 2021

Hi Chris, sorry to hear of your difficulties. I am similar age to yourself and also...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/286620/

rapid, overnight actually, onset of PMR

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 7, 2020

I felt like you having PMR for so long.....it's ten years now......but soon realized when I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/239819/

I felt like you having PMR for so long

Discussion: Difficult case, several diagnosis, no solution yet

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 4, 2019

Roland, I did have those symptoms. I have been off prednisone now for about a week....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/236973/

as not to constantly dwell on how PMR

Discussion: PMR - Decreased prednisone and pain returned

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 7, 2019

Hello I am an English male 76 and resident in France, I was diagnosed with PMR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1084803/

resident in France, I was diagnosed with PMR ... to knee cartilage and excruciating PMR

Discussion: The pros and cons of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 11, 2024

Thanks for sharing your husband's story. Unfortunately it's a tale I've heard far too many times...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067400/

versus controlling something like PMR ... Makes me wonder if they had PMR and/

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 13, 2024

Hi John, I've been reading through some of these threads on PMR. I wish I had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/610125/

reading through some of these threads on PMR ... I was diagnosed with PMR in July 2017

Discussion: PMR and tapering -- will blood work change?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 19, 2021

Ever since having PMR the first time I have thought it came back to visit me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/88725/

Ever since having PMR the first time ... But I didn't think PMR was coming

Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 10, 2020

Hi @rayhorne, welcome to Connect. I'm sorry your wife is having pain with her feet. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/145833/

lot with my polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR ... taper off of the drug and hoping the PMR

Discussion: arthritic feet

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: Apr 8, 2017

I have had PMR for three years. Have been on prednisone for the entire time at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1141076/

I have had PMR for three years.

Discussion: PMR and MGUS/SSM/MM multiple myeloma

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 13, 2024

Under the circumstances you are faced with, I wholeheartedly agree that staying on Prednisone might be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1137521/

am on isn't FDA approved for PMR

Discussion: symptoms present but lab markers aren't high

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 6, 2024

I also had no blood markers for PMR--everything was normal, but then again, I had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1116503/

I also had no blood markers for PMR-

Discussion: PMR with normal blood markers

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 2, 2024

This is a long short but has she had her inflammatory markers tested? In 2019 my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1086088/

In 2019 I was diagnosed with PMR (polymyalgia

Discussion: Very High Ferritin (Iron) Level over a Decade after Kidney Transplant

Support Group: Kidney & Bladder

Posted: Jun 13, 2024

I agree completely. You got this figured out. I think drugs like Kevzara are very useful...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1080807/

The same applies for most with PMR.

Discussion: Prednisone to Kevzara

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 4, 2024

Diagnosed with PMR 2 months ago and on prednisone since then. It has reduced the pain...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1038110/

Diagnosed with PMR 2 months ago and

Discussion: Treating PMR with Prednisone and Hydroxychloroquine

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 22, 2024

jds2123 Are you planning on tapering down off the prednisone soon? This is something that I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989166/

I was diagnosed with PMR as a direct

Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 31, 2023

With proper planning and eating the right things you can get all the vitamins and minerals...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/981651/

sample principles can be applied to PMR

Discussion: Question about PMR pain locations

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 16, 2023

Hi John - I am healthy 72 years old, PMR came on within 36 hours. Primary...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/916034/

John - I am healthy 72 years old, PMR

Discussion: Alternative to Prednisone for Treating PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 20, 2023