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Post-surgery symptoms
Was on 2.5 mg prednisone pre- and post-surgery ... Diagnosed with PMR in January 2024. ... Started with 20 mg prednisone, tapered
Last active: Nov 19 8:45am
Can PMR cause Balance problems?
Can PMR cause Balance problems? ... I’m currently in a taper after a slight ... relapse @ 7mg now tapering 1mg a month ... was diagnosed 9/21 starting @20mg prednisone
Last active: Nov 13, 2022
Autoimmune changes
But after I was diagnosed with PMR, ... the prednisone put the ACD to sleep ... have no itches...until now, when my taper ... autoimmune issues have been hidden by prednisone ... days of cold misery, I realized that PMR
Last active: Dec 12, 2023
symptoms present but lab markers aren't high
least leaning in the direction of PMR ... Did like most, got on Prednisone 20mg ... a week so stayed on that dose then tapered ... then kind of figures it isn't my PMR
Last active: Sep 15 7:08pm
Tapering down and inflammation markers up
Tapering down and inflammation markers ... Diagnosed Feb with PMR/ GCA. ... Slowly tapered and now I am down to ... don’t feel great but mostly because prednisone
Last active: Aug 4, 2023
Just Started Actemra
I was diagnosed with PMR in March 2022 ... and felt like 25 mg of Prednisone was ... dramatically as soon as we started to taper ... my Prednisone dose. ... get insurance to approve Actemra for PMR
Last active: Sep 10 5:47pm
how to know how much to increase Prednisone dosage during flare
how to know how much to increase Prednisone ... I have PMR and tapered down from 20mg ... /day to 2 mg/day of Prednisone over ... I decided to take 5 prednisone today ... I have always had to split my Prednisone
Last active: Jul 17 2:48pm
PMR with hand/wrist pain and swollen veins?
PMR with hand/wrist pain and swollen ... Hi, I've been struggling with PMR ... stubborn; I'm currently on 40mg/day prednisone ... and hoping to begin a taper soon.
Last active: Jun 25 5:38am
My story may help
I think we’ve all noticed that PMR and ... 10 mg within a few weeks and then tapering ... He figured out that it was not PMR but ... physiotherapy for my arms but the PMR ... where I felt I still had PMR and didn
Last active: Jul 6, 2023
Kevzara and prednisone for almost a year-
Kevzara and prednisone for almost a ... I have been treated for PMR with prednisone ... Since getting back on the prednisone ... This is the PMR pain area I call the ... I have tried to taper down on the steriods
Last active: May 21 3:48pm
Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone use
Upcoming surgery prevents prednisone ... go off 7 months before I would if I tapered ... Just a little background - I got PMR ... in August and have been tapering down ... I have been doing great PMR-wise.
Last active: Feb 28 9:45am
Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase or decrease prednisone)
Has anyone "self-tapered" (increase ... or decrease prednisone) ... my husband's second bout with PMR ... 10 mg, he felt better, so the Dr. tapered ... read of some being stuck under 3mg of prednisone
Last active: May 13 5:57pm
Revisit the 'PMRandIL6' site _PMR needs NEW FACES of patients
Revisit the 'PMRandIL6' site _PMR ... insufficiency after Actemra allowed me to taper ... down to 3 mg of prednisone. ... the challenges and opportunities of PMR ... I have attached ref to PMR -ages from
Last active: Jun 18, 2023
Has anyone used an anti inflammatory diet to get off prednisone ?
anti inflammatory diet to get off prednisone ... I have had pmr for 2 plus years now ... and down to 2mg but each time I taper ... My goal has been to get off prednisone ... (it has been normal since on prednisone
Last active: Sep 10 3:50pm
How many of you are on your second flare-up?
How many people have come off of Prednisone ... I have had PMR for 3.5 years and was ... finally able to wean off of Prednisone ... Now I'm back to 10 mgs Prednisone ... tapering 1/2 pill every three days.
Last active: Oct 7, 2023
Has anyone else had pain return after reducing pred by only 2.5 mg?
I'd been taking 15 mg of prednisone ... months after being diagnosed with PMR ... suggested I start trying to slowly taper ... off the prednisone. ... The doctor did hint that the tapering
Last active: Oct 24, 2023
GCA Relapse - A Slow Burn
I thought I was doing so well, off Prednisone ... almost two years, after having PMR ... the next two weeks, then starting a taper ... this - if you've had GCA, (or PMR ... read that stress can aggravate GCA/PMR
Last active: May 2 1:22pm
Exercise with PMR and/or GCA
Exercise with PMR and/or GCA ... diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR ... He started at 30 mg prednisone tapering ... than when he originally developed PMR ... was tapering his doctor said he could
Last active: Mar 8 3:21pm
Need to decide to get a Covid Shot while I have PMR.
decide to get a Covid Shot while I have PMR ... has had a Covid shot while having PMR ... were statistics for Covid shots and PMR ... I am doing fine with my tapering. ... I am now at 8 mg prednisone, down from
Last active: Nov 1 8:41am