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@chals What has helped me taper off of prednisone the 2 times that it was active...
it was active was to keep a daily pain ... Each time my PMR was active I was started ... week or so depending on how bad my pain ... six months of my first occurrence of PMR ... I went back and forth between 1 mg
Posted: Jun 5, 2021
I developed PMR in Sept of 2018 3 months after getting shingles and was put on...
I developed PMR in Sept of 2018 3 months ... and was just on ibuprofen to manage pain ... shot (Shingrix) which has thrown my PMR ... I went back on the methylprednisolone ... I am now getting pain and numbness in
I don't really understand the dangers of not using prednisone or not enough prednisone vs just...
But what about PMR? ... a risk of blood vessel damage with PMR ... my ESR (sedimentation rate) climbed back ... I wasn't struggling with pain from ... labs taken to determine when to cut back
Posted: May 11, 2021
HI! I am new to the board. I am 71 and I was diagnosed last June...
I was diagnosed last June 2nd with PMR ... When the results came back my SED Rate ... The pain was gone. ... It is mostly in my arms, back of my ... Has it brought back the pain?
@irishdancer, I think you ask a very good question that each of us has struggled with...
I put my tolerable pain level between ... with me, he was always asking about pain ... I went back and forth between 1/2 mg ... months of my first occurrence with PMR ... Do you keep a daily pain and dosage
@karinaph, oh gosh, I texted my last response to you before I read this one of...
coincidence your having GCA as well as PMR ... asking if I had been diagnosed with PMR ... They're going to get back to me. ... 'm having so much hip and knee pain
Posted: Feb 24, 2021
Hi Donna @pmrpainat60, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I don't have diplopia but I do have...
't have diplopia but I do have PMR ... When my PMR was active they were always ... which may show a relationship with PMR ... an-unusual-case-of-diplopia The pain ... in hiding and hope it never comes back
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Dec 13, 2020
My very first symptom that made me go to the doctor was a sudden pain in...
made me go to the doctor was a sudden pain ... then increases in intensity then goes back ... ask is I just worry that maybe this pain ... isn’t PMR.
Discussion: PMR Anyone?
Posted: Nov 8, 2020
Terre, I too feel strongly that my PMR was caused by the shingrix vaccine. I too...
Terre, I too feel strongly that my PMR ... GCA, jaw stiffness, vision problems, pain ... So had to ramp back up to 15 mg. ... has been sporadic, as I get Severe back ... pain all too often.
Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old
Posted: Oct 27, 2020
I actually got a call after all my testing came back and he changed it from...
got a call after all my testing came back ... and he changed it from PMR to RA. ... I feel like my symptoms are PMR...and ... is creeping back in some days. ... The pain is always there...just tolerable
Discussion: PMR at 48 yrs old
Posted: Oct 3, 2020
I started on Anestrozole in December of 2019 after my last breast cancer treatment. In late...
this was April so I spent 4 months in pain ... me on 10 mgs of Prednisone the pain ... I started back on Anestrozole after ... problem I am presently having apart from PMR ... chemo for breast cancer but it came back
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Sep 28, 2020
Cortisone injections are helpful but only temporarily. I'm not so sure it will help decrease the...
dose of prednisone you may need for PMR ... I could distinguish from PMR pain. ... that isn't caused by PMR. ... I also have arthritis on my lower back ... it becomes difficult to distinguish PMR
Posted: Aug 20, 2020
Hello Susan. I have been on a very similar trip to yours. I have had breast...
the Cipro I developed the shoulder pain ... bed in the morning due to aches and pains ... for 2 weeks, before they diagnosed PMR ... put on 10 mgs. of Prednisone and the pain ... I am now back on Anestrozole, down to
I first started Actemra (tocilizumab) on January 1st, 2019. I liked the symbolism of starting a...
had never heard of any biologic for PMR ... I also had to go back to 60 mg prednisone ... mg to 15 mg while on Humira but the pain ... from PMR returned. ... comfortable tapering prednisone from 15 mg back
@ryman, I can relate to the pain all over the body. It sounds much like the...
@ryman, I can relate to the pain all ... It sounds much like the pain I have ... when my polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) ... Back exercises in 15 minutes a day: ... healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/multimedia/back-pain
Discussion: Pain at night.
Posted: Jul 5, 2020
It is such a comfort to hear everyones stories. It is what truly makes me feel...
Then the pain came back full force. ... now at 7mg because I was in too much pain ... going back to 4. ... I still have pain, in my shoulders and ... our experiences with PMR can be so different
Hello Eileen @dreamer38, fortunately my PMR is still in remission. Sorry to hear you've had some...
Eileen @dreamer38, fortunately my PMR ... to hear you've had some severe pain ... come back in your hands, wrists, neck ... Both occurrences of PMR I was put on ... and after I took the first dose, the pain
Hello @drtiminaz, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for sharing your experience with the Shingrix...
come back. ... and it immediately took away all of pain ... Do you have more pain at night or in ... has helped them when they have more pain ... injection-site reactions (erythema, pain
Posted: Apr 28, 2020
Hello steelbh... I am so sorry that you have PMR.... I believe most people with PMR...
live a full life with just a little pain ... It set off the PMR again. ... Once I came off the drug the pain came ... right back. ... condition and having to prove you are in pain