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I just reread your question. Simple answer ... yes my inflammation markers (CRP and ESR) were...
Prednisone decreased my biomarkers but ... recall the day when I was on 30 mg of Prednisone ... best I could ever achieve unless my prednisone ... ." All other alternatives including ... methotrexate was working to control my PMR
Hello, I live in the UK and have pmr. You may find these tapers a little...
Hello, I live in the UK and have pmr ... tapers a little more manageable than alternating ... In the UK our prednisolone (your prednisone ... I think all prednisone is coated so
Hello @glinda47, I would like to add my welcome along with @tsc and others. There are...
to Prednisone for Treating PMR? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternative-to-prednisone ... / --- PMR: Are there treatment alternatives ... to Prednisone? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/alternatives-to-prednisone
Welcome @slf202mcinfo, When my PMR was active I just tried not to overdo the exercising to...
Welcome @slf202mcinfo, When my PMR was ... It might help to alternate days when ... you keep a daily pain log along with prednisone
Posted: Mar 19, 2024
Sorry you've joined the club. Prednisone is the magic elixir for me - unfortunately. I've been...
Prednisone is the magic elixir for me ... The BEAST - PMR - is a cruel disease ... I haven't felt the need for alternate ... medication as long as Prednisone is
Posted: Mar 6, 2024
I think your doctors will work something out. One thing about medical procedures is that the...
said surgery was urgent but said my prednisone ... Fortunately, the delay was such that alternatives ... I took a big dose of prednisone which ... was the one who suggested a better alternative ... Sometimes I think PMR exacerbates other
Posted: Feb 27, 2024
You are the perfect person who needs Actemra or some other "suitable alternative" instead of prednisone....
Actemra or some other "suitable alternative ... " instead of prednisone. ... me for stopping the pain caused by PMR ... Since I was on prednisone for a long ... though Actemra was controlling by PMR
Posted: Jan 2, 2024
PMR pain in the wrists, hands and fingers may be uncommon but it is not abnormal....
PMR pain in the wrists, hands and fingers ... I've had no luck with any alternatives ... to Prednisone yet, but I try to keep
At present, I have no choice but to take prednisone, even with osteoporosis, since it's either...
present, I have no choice but to take prednisone ... live in excruciating pain from the PMR ... definitely ask my doctor about any alternatives ... to prednisone if it seems like I&#39 ... going to have to stay on some kind of PMR
Actemra is FDA approved for GCA only. Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR only. Either of...
Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR only ... United States if a patient has both PMR ... You really shouldn't be on prednisone ... Being a relatively young male when PMR ... use and no other alternative medication
Hi @marymckeith, I'm sorry to hear of your struggle. The black hole for me was psychological,...
Prednisone, at the right dosage, is ... supposed to resolve symptoms of PMR/ ... If symptoms don't respond to prednisone ... Textbook of Medicine) to consider alternate ... Has your doctor considered any alternatives
Hi, @cakodra, sometimes the symptoms of PMR are there but the inflammation markers aren't elevated. If...
cakodra, sometimes the symptoms of PMR ... of corticosteroids, 15 - 20 mg of prednisone ... If not, they must consider the alternate ... I took Prednisone for about a year and ... doctor to do a diagnostic trial of prednisone
I know that it’s scary, and I worry about side effects to medication too, but I...
of taking a low to moderate dose of prednisone ... of completely valid warnings about prednisone ... loss and impact on blood sugar from prednisone ... alternatives to prednisone for PMR. ... father’s dietician, 10 mg or less of prednisone
Hi again- Echoing the others here and sending support. We worked with my dad’s rheumatologist on...
He was on his initial prednisone dose ... stroke two weeks after diagnosis of PMR ... Then alternated 10 of and 7.5 mg for ... Now he alternates 7.5 mg and 6.25 (it ... We tried to put him on alternating 7.5
Posted: Jun 25, 2023
There already is an alternate medication available for PMR patients. Kevzara (Sarilumab) was recently FDA approved...
There already is an alternate medication ... available for PMR patients. ... Kevzara studies were promising for PMR ... Prednisone is still the only option ... the good people in the UK who have PMR
Posted: Jun 7, 2023
First I'd like to say I do not have PMR but GCA. However, I have two...
I'd like to say I do not have PMR ... However, I have two friends in who have PMR ... and could not take prednisone. ... Hopefully, the option of an alternate ... medication will become available for PMR
Posted: Jun 6, 2023
Some people get Actemra (tocilizumab) approved for PMR but I don't think Actemra is approved if...
Actemra (tocilizumab) approved for PMR ... #39;t think Actemra is approved if PMR ... I was prescribed Actemra for PMR but ... For the last 10 years he has been on prednisone ... failure of the preferred formulary alternative
The following link explains what a biologic is. https://www.verywellhealth.com/biologics-or-biological-agents-2615117?utm_campaign=15823081431-9b73ed45334a76&utm_source=googleawpaid&utm Biologics are being used more and more...
treatment that is FDA approved for PMR ... reason it was approved was that I took prednisone ... I tried other alternatives like methotrexate ... Actemra allowed me to taper off prednisone ... I still take Actemra to treat PMR and
Posted: Dec 25, 2022
Hi @lyndee58, Welcome to Connect. Am I understanding correctly that you were diagnosed with PMR and...
correctly that you were diagnosed with PMR ... and then started on prednisone for ... the pain but had to stop the prednisone ... Did they start you on an alternative