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

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

getting below that, and the doctor added methotrexate ... hovering at 5 mgs, still with the methotrexate

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 19, 2021

Thank you Dad. Sorry it went to Therese. This is all quite interesting. I've had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1175192/

This was NOT while Actemra but Methotrexate

Discussion: GCA prednisone vs. actemra infusion therapy

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 17, 2024

I am 72. My PMR turned into Rheumatoid Arthritis. Two months after I went off the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1173468/

I started on Methotrexate.

Discussion: PMR and Methotrexate

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

Well, my visit to my rheumatologist last week did not go as expected. She has been...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1135241/

moving my dosage level up and going on methotrexate

Discussion: Any Tips For Tapering Off Prednisone?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Sep 2, 2024

I’ve just been diagnosed with oesteo arthritis in knees hips hands and neck …it came up...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1066558/

almost incapacitated…I stopped the methotrexate

Discussion: PMR target areas

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 12, 2024

Hi everyone, I have posted recently as newbee to PMR. I am starting a taper after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870394/

Taper fast, taper slowly, add methotrexate

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 1, 2023

I am not normal, atypical, non classic…..lots of other words like that. My rheumatologist uses these...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/850628/

Methotrexate added but only on it a

Discussion: How did your PMR begin?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

I am at 15 months and struggle to get below 18 mg of Prednisone daily plus...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/797095/

below 18 mg of Prednisone daily plus methotrexate

Discussion: PMR in cold or inclement weather

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jan 15, 2023

I am so glad to find this group. I was diagnosed two years ago by a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/731452/

Also, he had prescribed Methotrexate

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

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Jul 27, 2022

@phoenix0509, I did start both occurrences of PMR with 20 mg prednisone. My rheumatologist suggested I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/145037/

I never had to use methotrexate.

Discussion: Tapering off of Prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 25, 2020

Good Point about medical marijuana. I have also had allergic skin rashes even from very low...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/308966/

My dermatologist recommended methotrexate

Discussion: What do you do for Neuropathy itch?

Support Group: Skin Health

Posted: Jul 10, 2020

Hello Barry my name is Beryl ....well I have just read your post , and by...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/137960/

......difficult to judge about the methotrexate

Discussion: How to address PMR pain while decreasing prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 17, 2019

Hi, I'm a 44 year old woman suffering from lymphomatoid papulosis for 10 years now with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/67676/

My present doctor has had me on methotrexate

Discussion: Lymphomatoid Papulosis

Support Group: Skin Health

Posted: Jun 22, 2018

I am truly sorry your provider is lacking in empathy. I understand very well and a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/56528/

Took methotrexate away with new meds

Discussion: MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease)

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: May 5, 2018

I have Pulmonary Sarcoidosis, was diagnosed in 2015. Since then I have painful headaches and it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/130833/

I have taken methotrexate, prednisone

Discussion: Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: How are you dealing with it?

Support Group: Lung Health

Posted: Apr 29, 2018

Hi to all. I am 72 Y.O. and have 3 different forms of Arthritis - including...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/95554/

Without Methotrexate and Enbrel I would

Discussion: Chronic Pain members - Welcome, please introduce yourself

Support Group: Chronic Pain

Posted: Jul 13, 2017

Thank you for taking time to respond to me. I began steroids at 20 mg but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1379926/

I was on the methotrexate for 12 weeks

Discussion: Has anybody used lions mane for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 26 3:23pm

Hi everyone, It looks like I found another group of my people. I say "my people"...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1290046/

and some blood work, he put me on methotrexate ... Well she's been on methotrexate ... improvement mirrors mine when I had been on methotrexate

Discussion: My hair is twisted under my scalp…it moves down my body coming out

Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases

Posted: Apr 26 1:24am

I have not been officially diagnosed with PMR - still waiting to see an Rheumatologist- in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/855813/

prednisone for 2 weeks and put me on methotrexate ... me 20mg a day and continue with the methotrexate

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

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 7, 2023

I had unbearable finger pain so I went to a hand surgeon who tested me (electric...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1206063/

totally off prednisone and taking methotrexate