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Heat affects stamina?
I have been diagnosed with PMR. ... At the moment I'm on 11 mg Prednisone ... and trying to taper off 1/2 mg every
Last active: Feb 8 1:43pm
New to this support group.
Hi, I was diagnosed with PMR and GCA ... Started at 60 mg prednisone (to prevent ... and took me two years to taper off prednisone ... day for three weeks and then begin taper
Last active: Jun 12, 2025
Sugar and PMR
Sugar and PMR ... else found that sugar worsens their PMR ... symptoms, even as I'm working at tapering ... off prednisone at the same time. ... sugar and inflammation, specifically PMR
Last active: May 24, 2024
Better to be in some pain or better to up the dose of prednisone?
some pain or better to up the dose of prednisone ... I have been tapering down on the prednisone ... Kevzara or other biologics can treat PMR ... without the nasty side effects of Prednisone
Last active: Aug 21, 2025
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
When is your worse time of day with PMR?
When is your worse time of day with PMR ... diagnosis and they started me on the prednisone ... away and a month later, started to taper ... I don't like the prednisone and ... I don't like the PMR !!
Last active: May 12, 2025
Painful Kevzara Injection
good health, but was diagnosed with PMR ... After tapering down from 20 mg/day Prednisone
Last active: Jan 23 6:02pm
Does diet affect the occurrence and severity of pain?
I was diagnosed with PMR in May 2023 ... agreed to start me on 10mg daily of prednisone ... did get relief from pain and have tapered
Last active: Jun 6, 2024
Remission, maybe.
Diagnosed with PMR on January 14, immediate ... Prednisone and 60 days later we added ... remission, but now to get off the prednisone ... I start to taper down from 10 mg prednisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Apr 22, 2024
Rheumatoid Drs
I was diagnosed with PMR in August of ... about the disease itself or about tapering ... off of the prednisone. ... My Dr told me to start tapering off ... She never told me at what rate to taper
Last active: Mar 13, 2024
How to go from a 7 day 50 mg prednisone to the previous 14 mg
How to go from a 7 day 50 mg prednisone ... I’d been tapering slowly and was at ... daily after 9 months of treatment for PMR ... Before I had PMR I had to do the 50 ... mg prednisone a couple of times over
Last active: Mar 17, 2024
PMR and hump on back and chest
PMR and hump on back and chest ... One month ago I was diagnosed with PMR ... I was put on 60 mg of prednisone because ... negative and the steroids have been tapered
Last active: Jun 5, 2022
Statins - side-effects, PMR, Giant Cell Arteritis
Statins - side-effects, PMR, Giant Cell ... My husband was diagnosed with PMR May ... Started on 30 mg May 2023, tapered to ... daily for a few weeks, then tapered ... statin when he's doing well on tapering
Last active: May 26, 2024
Living with someone on high-dose long-term prednisone
with someone on high-dose long-term prednisone ... with someone on high-dose, long-term prednisone ... My husband has PMR and a serious case ... to 70 mg and tapering is going to take ... The prednisone really affects his moods
Last active: May 10, 2024
Successful (so far) approach to a super slow taper
(so far) approach to a super slow taper ... I have suffered from PMR since 2019, ... treatment in February 2020 at 20 mg of prednisone ... steroid eye drops at the rate of 3 mg of prednisone ... pain free, I decided to stop the oral prednisone
Last active: Nov 3, 2025
Suddenly much better
blasted disorder, and have successfully tapered ... to 1.5 mg prednisone daily. ... But PMR has been ever present until ... joy that it always had been before PMR ... PMR stayed calm; life looked suddenly
Last active: Nov 12, 2025
Starting treatment with Kevzara: My journey
dose of Kevzara and day one of my taper ... down to 15mg of prednisone. ... than I should, and he stated that PMR ... I asked if the PMR caused my enlarged ... spleen, or my enlarged spleen cause my PMR
Last active: Aug 27, 2025