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I just reread your question. Simple answer ... yes my inflammation markers (CRP and ESR) were...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067265/

All other alternatives including methotrexated ... For example, methotrexate was working ... I took methotrexate for more than a ... However, methotrextate over time increased

Discussion: 2 year struggle to get off prednisone still hard to get from 3 to 2mg

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 13, 2024

There isn't much information about how Actemra should be discontinued. The need to taper off Actemra...

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stopped when patients are switched to methotrexate

Discussion: Has anyone tapered off Actemra?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 28 4:25am

67 female recently diagnosed with palindromic rheumatoid arthritis, meaning it immobilises a joint, hand, foot for...

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There was a 2 month wait to start methotrexate

Discussion: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Introduce yourself and meet others

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: 3 days ago

Just another note on Hydroxychloroquine. My understanding is that it is an immunosuppressant, just like Methotrexate...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1136818/

is an immunosuppressant, just like Methotrexate

Discussion: Treating PMR with Prednisone and Hydroxychloroquine

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 5, 2024

Hi again dad. What an experience you have had! I have a endocrinologist who is watching...

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I didn't tolerate methotrexate or

Discussion: GCA prednisone vs. actemra infusion therapy

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 17, 2024

When I contracted Covid-19, I was prescribed Paxlovid which contains two (2) inhibitors: nirmatrelvir and ritonavir....

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Now I'm back on methotrexate because

Discussion: Did PAXLOVID also relieve your arthritis and autoimmune symptoms?

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: Sep 18, 2024

I've had MCTD for almost 30 years. I was on Methotrexate for about fifteen years and...

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I was on Methotrexate for about fifteen

Discussion: Did PAXLOVID also relieve your arthritis and autoimmune symptoms?

Support Group: Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19

Posted: Nov 6, 2023

@heyjude44 Sorry about the double whammie- chemotherapy when dealing with gastritis and microscopic colitis. I had...

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colitis 15 years ago, treated with methotrexate

Discussion: Has anyone with microscopic colitis gone through chemotherapy?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 7, 2023

I am currently taking 24mg of methylprednisolone. I was taking 16 but flareups were occurring. My...

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I am also taking methotrexate injections

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 18, 2021

I have been diagnosed since 2002. I was miss diagnosed for 5 years the pain started...

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have been on Enbrel for 12 years and Methotrexate

Discussion: Ankylosing spondylitis: anyone else?

Support Group: Spine Health

Posted: May 3, 2016

Hi, I want to share my journey with CLIPPERS, as it is again different from what...

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I am now on methotrexate, 2.5mg 4 times ... week, along with folic acid daily (methotrexate

Discussion: CLIPPERS: Looking to connect with others

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: May 10, 2023

I give your rheumatologist credit for wanting to "manage your pain." She isn't wrong for wanting...

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As for being treated with methotrexate ... FYI ... methotrexate was another devil

Discussion: What justifies an increase in prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 5, 2024

Since this past spring I have been up and down a few times because of my...

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At this last appt I agreed to try methotrexate ... I agreed to try methotrexate but have

Discussion: The lowest effective dose, how is it defined?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 18, 2023

My Rheum tells me that the inflammation and pain from PMR is NOT a sign of...

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inflammation in order to get you to take Methotrexate

Discussion: Weaning off of all medicine - prednisone and methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 28, 2024

I was diagnosed at age 26. At first it was diagnosed as herpes, too, until I...

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Then they switched me to low dose methotrexate

Discussion: Hailey-Hailey Disease

Support Group: Skin Health

Posted: Jul 27, 2023

My story seems to be like many others. I have seen multiple specialists since 2010 with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/678148/

I’m now taking Methotrexate and so far

Discussion: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Introduce yourself and meet others

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Feb 6, 2022

Hello! My rheumatologist diagnosed me with PMR in 2/2021. My primary had been keeping me on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/663937/

I am controlled today with methotrexate

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 20, 2021

I too had PMR Pain for a few years before it increased to the point I...

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drug to me compared to prednisone and methotrexate

Discussion: Did statin cause PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 5, 2021

That's great @boomerexpert. I'm happy for you that you can get by with minimal meds. Fibro...

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Methotrexate, a DMARD (plaquenil) and

Discussion: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Introduce yourself and meet others

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Mar 17, 2019

would appreciate a reply from anyone. have been diagnosed with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis. (autoimmune) seems...

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can be done is weekly injections of methotrexate

Discussion: Autoimmune? Or is it all in my head?

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Sep 19, 2017