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Anyone successfully treating PMR without Prednisone?
Anyone successfully treating PMR without ... I am in severe pain with soreness aching ... in shoulders, upper back, both hips ... 5mg then a flare so doctor put me back ... husband came down, suddenly, with PMR
Last active: Aug 10 5:25pm
Urgent Question Regarding Prednisone Burst Dosage
Hello, I've had PMR for 2 years. ... hours from home, developed severe back ... pain radiating to both hips. ... Have had hip and shoulder pain with ... PMR but never back pain.
Last active: Aug 29, 2022
PMR and the taper
PMR and the taper ... 65 years old I was Diagnosed with PMR ... week on 8 mg of prednisone and the pain ... is back was hoping it would be better ... effects from steroids are awful.the pain
Last active: Jun 26 4:18pm
Damage to adrenals? Addison's Disease?
I've been treating PMR for 3+ years ... ;ve been on Methylprednisolone for PMR ... flagstone patio and landed on my lower back ... pain or pain from falling. ... Pain was better within hours.
Last active: Aug 9 7:11pm
Tapering Pains Body Response or PMR?
Tapering Pains Body Response or PMR? ... you tell if the stiffness, aches and pains ... medication and not the symptoms of PMR ... causing a flare up and having to go back ... aches are from the tapering or from PMR
Last active: Jun 25, 2024
PMR coming back?
PMR coming back? ... years but recently I have been getting pain ... in the shoulders and upper back and ... I'm afraid the PMR is returning
Last active: Aug 13, 2020
Prednisone and Osteoperosis
This January I was diagnosed with PMR ... I'm currently at 14 mg and in pain ... ordered a new DEXA scan and it came back ... I'm feeling defeated by the PMR. ... pain.
Last active: Aug 7 10:32am
PMR long lasting headaches
PMR long lasting headaches ... I've had PMR since July of 2020. ... a prolonged headache mostly in the back ... head, along with thee normal aches, pains
Last active: Sep 26, 2024
Melatonin and PMR
Melatonin and PMR ... 40 mg or Prednisone for 3 days the PMR ... However, once back on 20 mg dosage the ... morning pain and stiffness has returned
Last active: Jan 3 7:28am
At 15 mg Pred. My Pain Tolerable. Will Exercise Cause a Setback?
My Pain Tolerable. ... In otherwords, 15mg pred. makes the pain ... biking, and so on, would I cause the PMR ... to come roaring back to the point where
Last active: Jul 10 1:13pm
PMR 2ys and 4mos. Tapering to 1.5mg
PMR started Feb. 2022. ... tapering by 1mg/month) I then was put back ... I had less PMR pain when I tapered down ... pain in my hips, shoulders, and arms ... They're becoming less painful at
Last active: Jun 17 1:41pm
Do I really have PMR?
Do I really have PMR? ... I was diagnosed with PMR 4 days ago ... I’ll be going back to the lab to get ... work for my pain and what else could ... it be other than PMR?
Last active: Jan 21, 2023
Rheumatologist has now diagnosed me with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis due to extremely painful ... I was diagnosed with PMR in April of ... April this year (2025), he had me back ... Rheumatoid Arthritis after a bout of PMR ... I don't know if I have both PMR
Last active: Jun 18 1:46pm
After "recovering" from PMR, still decreased strength/stamina
After "recovering" from PMR, ... I had a relatively brief bout of PMR ... , all pain gone and inflammation markers ... back to normal after only a few months ... have not been able to regain my pre-PMR
Last active: Jun 12 9:25am
GCA Relapse - A Slow Burn
Prednisone almost two years, after having PMR ... It came back elevated. ... So, I'm back in the saddle again ... this - if you've had GCA, (or PMR ... read that stress can aggravate GCA/PMR
Last active: May 2, 2024
Opiods vs. LDN
experience coming off opioids (for pain ... you glad you switched, or did you go back ... years and have tried it all from a pain ... #39;m on Metho, Plaquenil, Rinvoq, pain ... , changed my diet and activity, do PMR
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Aug 16 6:59am
Anyone had relief with massage or a flare related to PMR?
with massage or a flare related to PMR ... Hello, A bit about me: I had PMR 8 ... : shoulder, hips, back, could not get ... Now seems it came back. ... My SED rate is 43, pain all over: back
Last active: Aug 11, 2022
Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? FDA approved for GCA
tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR ... remission however I do have arthritic pain ... worked better for for the chronic pain ... go back on Actemra.Has anyone else tried ... Actemra for PMR?
Last active: May 21, 2024
PMR Anyone?
PMR Anyone? ... So, she diagnosed me with PMR and prescribed ... a matter of determining if I have PMR ... I don't want to go back on steroids ... I just want my old life back - being
Last active: Nov 1, 2021
Has anyone experienced jolting pain, spasms/and numbness in their legs
Has anyone experienced jolting pain, ... I have been diagnosed with PMR… prednisone ... has managed my low back and upper body ... pain, however the electric jolts of ... I am now on gabapentin for nerve pain
Last active: Jul 23 11:54am