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Mental fog and slight dizziness on Actemra
I've had PMR for almost 13yrs, ... last few months I've had to go back ... #39;ve had sharp neck and shoulder pain
Last active: Jun 26 10:16am
Muscles don't seem able to repair themselves.
I was considered cured back in January ... All my pain is in muscles not joints ... s old age (79) or after effects of PMR
Last active: May 27, 2024
High ANA reading & meds
test on an RA drug (was previously PMR ... Now bad back pain when sitting …. ... Not keen to go back on Prednisone.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Jul 21, 2024
Calf pain when exercising
I started feeling the symptoms of PMR ... unfortunately, my symptoms have come back ... rheumatologist says isn't from PMR ... will have a burning sensation in the backs ... in my hip area, middle back and upper
Last active: Apr 5, 2024
Worried about GCA
I was diagnosed with PMR in June after ... Back up to 20mg which did not help then ... I had occasional blurry vision back ... the mean time I was diagnosed with PMR ... very present prior to my diagnosis of PMR
Last active: Jan 3 10:44am
Headache in back of head possible symptom of GCA?
Headache in back of head possible symptom ... I have not been diagnosed with PMR but ... I have exhibited no obvious jaw pain
Last active: Oct 26, 2023
Trouble being able to sleep more than 3-4 hours before
I was diagnosed with PMR October 2023 ... before waking up with the shoulder/neck pain ... feel comfortable…can only sleep on my back
Last active: Jul 6, 2024
Newly diagnosed and contemplating how long this has been coming on.
in my back muscles on both sides of ... It was a different kind of pain than ... from my shoulders down my arms, my back ... I was diagnosed with PMR about a month ... Problem is that the pain is coming back
Last active: Dec 28, 2024
Getting COVID, Flu etc vaccines while treating for PMR
Flu etc vaccines while treating for PMR ... But my described pain led him to put ... I saw immediate results and the pain ... Looking back, my PMR started about 2 ... received this year's flu vax and my pain
Last active: Feb 3 3:12pm
Sed Rate still elevated, but pain much improved
Sed Rate still elevated, but pain much ... 12, and my rheumatologist had me go back ... I have continuing shoulder pain and ... I do not believe I still have PMR pain ... distinguish the different kinds of pain
Last active: Oct 27, 2024
Polymyalgia and "new " allergies.
I was diagnosed with PMR in March of ... symptoms went away, and didn't come back ... I would get first, a pain in the middle
Last active: Jul 3 11:39am
Non bilateral presentation
Second day I woke to a swollen painful ... I began to experience some serious pain ... I’ve gone back to 5 mg and for a day ... It’s my understanding that pain is usually ... replacements aren’t as susceptible to PMR
Last active: Sep 11, 2023
Confused on what’s considered “normal”
Started on prednisone for PMR on 10/ ... Had lots of pain and stiffness until ... 20 mg on day 5 when I was still in pain ... The doc has me back to 15 mg for the ... I wasn’t sure that I “should be” pain
Last active: Nov 25, 2024
Prednisone to Kevzara back to Prednisone. ( Hope not )
Prednisone to Kevzara back to Prednisone ... PMR diagnosed High SED Rate I have ... lowering my dose a few times and my pain ... had knee pain ) weakness in my legs ... off prednisone and not related to PMR
Last active: Aug 14, 2024
Has anyone tried CBD oil for PMR?
Has anyone tried CBD oil for PMR? ... I was diagnosed with PMR in early ... got to 5 mg two weeks ago and the pains ... returned worse than ever so now back
Last active: Dec 30, 2023
Are you taking Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) for PMR?
Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) for PMR ... The pain in my legs and thighs has lessened ... Right now my biggest problem is the pain ... I have tried getting back to playing ... you have, or if you have no pain.
Last active: Jun 19 7:17pm
Factors that encourage the body to begin producing cortisol again
studies that indicate receptors in the back ... immediate relief I have found for painful ... PMR aching "flares" has been
Last active: May 5, 2024
Symptoms after you stop prednisone
I was diagnosed with PMR in April, 2023 ... previous osteoarthritis symptoms and pain ... returned in my knees and lower back ... presume that the prednisone masked that pain
Last active: Jun 25 3:56pm
How to go from a 7 day 50 mg prednisone to the previous 14 mg
daily after 9 months of treatment for PMR ... course and the following day just start back ... Before I had PMR I had to do the 50 ... to be incapacitated again by severe pain
Last active: Mar 17, 2024
Keep encouraged, tapering second time is working
My husband (now 80) diagnosed with PMR ... tapered down, but in 2023 it came back ... mg with only the slightest arm "pain
Last active: Jan 19 11:44am