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Sleep Apnoea

I have just been diagnosed with sleep apnoea and wondered if it's linked with PMR or steroids. It will be interesting to see if the fatigue I have is PMR or...

I have just been diagnosed with sleep apnoea and wondered if it's linked with PM...

lwhynda

•9 years ago

18 Replies

Query on morning tiredness

Hello I was diagnosed nearly three years ago. I was off prednisilone for six weeks but due to a flare am back on 2 mg. I still have morning fatigue and...

Hello I was diagnosed nearly three years ago. I was off prednisilone for six wee...

or01ah

•9 years ago

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Rules taking Ibuprofen or other stronger pain killer

Some kind person has just given me a bottle of ginger wine! but the Sciatica like pains have accelerated and developed into something more severe, Dr has put...

Some kind person has just given me a bottle of ginger wine! but the Sciatica lik...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Positive Things!

Good morning from Connecticut! We are having some odd weather here, supposed to be 70 degrees F. on Christmas day. If I lived in the southern part of the US it...

Good morning from Connecticut! We are having some odd weather here, supposed to ...

PamelAnneCT

•9 years ago

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New sufferer

My pain started about six weeks ago, which I ignored at first, thinking I had pulled muscles, but then the pain in tops of arms, neck and shoulders got...

My pain started about six weeks ago, which I ignored at first, thinking I had pu...

Peetee

•9 years ago

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taking tablets

I take 3 blood pressure tablets first in the morning then wait till lunch time until I take my pred tablets I do this in case they may interact but would it be...

I take 3 blood pressure tablets first in the morning then wait till lunch time u...

granelliheywood

•9 years ago

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Deflated from this flare up...

Evening ...I wondered if some advise could be offered from fellow sufferers who may have had a flare up to deal with. I am 15 months on from diagnosis and had...

Evening ...I wondered if some advise could be offered from fellow sufferers who ...

wooh66

•9 years ago

26 Replies

Side Effects

I've been operating under the impression that the lower the dose of pred, the fewer and less intense the side effects will be. But is the chance of developing...

I've been operating under the impression that the lower the dose of pred, the fe...

HeronNS

•9 years ago

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Grrrrr........

Quick review first. Diagnosed with pmr in July 2014. Started at 15mg pred and have been to trying to get beyond 8 ever since. Feel good at 10mg and...

Quick review first. Diagnosed with pmr in July 2014. Started at 15mg pred and ...

Pat9442

•9 years ago

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question

just discovered this site it was mentioned in a book I purchased,had PMR for over a year now started on 15m of prednisolone and went from struggling to get out...

just discovered this site it was mentioned in a book I purchased,had PMR for ove...

granelliheywood

•9 years ago

11 Replies

Holiday with an 13hr flight !!

Hi all and Merry Christmas I am going to Thailand on 27th Dec for 2 weeks as its a very long flight any tips we fly late in the evening so i am hoping to...

Hi all and Merry Christmas I am going to Thailand on 27th Dec for 2 weeks as ...

Kay60

•9 years ago

9 Replies

Taking Pred but I have upset stomach

I am on 13mg Pred and my body seems to be adjusting to the dose. I ate too much rich food yesterday and have diarhorrea but not sickness. It may a sick bug I...

I am on 13mg Pred and my body seems to be adjusting to the dose. I ate too much ...

cassie1208

•9 years ago

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A day without tears ! Is that too much to ask for ?

Recently diagnosed with GCA November - awaiting urgent biopsy but took myself off to Spain for a week. Enjoyed the rest and found that taking meds at...

Recently diagnosed with GCA November - awaiting urgent biopsy but took myself o...

Pamela60

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Long term

Does anyone take Rayos for their maintenance of PRM? Also any thoughts on eating an anti- inflammatory diet. Trying to wade through all the info that I have...

Does anyone take Rayos for their maintenance of PRM? Also any thoughts on eating...

PMRnewbie

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Adrenal insufficiency?

A brief history: diagnosed with PMR in March 2015 and have successfully reduced Prednisone dose from 15 mg daily to 7 mg currently using the dead slow and...

A brief history: diagnosed with PMR in March 2015 and have successfully reduced...

magmapearl3

•9 years ago

15 Replies

Advice, please

Hello all, how are you all this blustery Sunday?😃 A few weeks ago, I asked about taking mtx at night instead of in the morning. Thank you for all of your...

Hello all, how are you all this blustery Sunday?😃 A few weeks ago, I asked abo...

mamma1027

•9 years ago

3 Replies

PMR and Tendonitis

I am 54yr old, live in Lancashire and was diagnosed with PMR in March 15. At the end of October, I had to have an operation on my ankle due to a 30yr old...

I am 54yr old, live in Lancashire and was diagnosed with PMR in March 15. At the...

josvanloo

•9 years ago

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Hip and low back pain

Have had PMR since Jan 2015. Started on Pred 20mg and from Mar supposed to decrease by 1mg/month per GP. My rheumatologist preferred I try reducing more...

Have had PMR since Jan 2015. Started on Pred 20mg and from Mar supposed to decre...

PMRpixie

•9 years ago

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Have I got PMR as well as GCA?

I was diagnosed with GCA exactly three years ago and am down to 7mg Pred, just about to go to 6.5mg by slow method. I also have Parkinson's, diagnnosed a year...

I was diagnosed with GCA exactly three years ago and am down to 7mg Pred, just a...

Trenny

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin K.

Hi everyone. I have Pmr and am now down to 7mg on the Dead Slow and Stop method. I have just been diagnosed with two Spinal Fractures due to the Pred. I...

Hi everyone. I have Pmr and am now down to 7mg on the Dead Slow and Stop method....

Attic

•9 years ago

23 Replies

Confused

Hi I had all the signs ans symptoms of PMR and GP started me on 15mgs of pred . Had to see liver specialist as liver enzymes crazy and GP worried but he said...

Hi I had all the signs ans symptoms of PMR and GP started me on 15mgs of pred ...

weddingirl

•9 years ago

3 Replies

IM Kenalog Injection for PMR ???

Has anyone else had a IN Kenalog injection. I have had treatment via prednisone since August 2012, several ups and downs flare ups etc. Went to see my rheumy...

Has anyone else had a IN Kenalog injection. I have had treatment via prednisone ...

paulst955

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Mattress change?

Hi all Am wondering if I got a new mattress would this help ease my symptoms? I do need to replace it anyway any suggestions which would be best for PMR relief...

Hi all Am wondering if I got a new mattress would this help ease my symptoms? I ...

Sisterj

•9 years ago

11 Replies

Doc Martin

So the Doc Martin episode where Martin's aunt is diagnosed with PMR was on tv last night, first showing in Canada, I think. Have to say I was rather...

So the Doc Martin episode where Martin's aunt is diagnosed with PMR was on tv la...

HeronNS

•9 years ago

3 Replies

On line info from the GP

I hope it was on this site. I read a post that said that the GP could let you register to see your notes on line from April. My surgery did not know about...

I hope it was on this site. I read a post that said that the GP could let you r...

lynne99

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Pred +thyroxin

GCA symptoms back on pred 10 days ago 10mg day for next 4 weeks thyroxin up to 50mg a day. Last 4days just keep bursting into tears is it the drugs or just...

GCA symptoms back on pred 10 days ago 10mg day for next 4 weeks thyroxin up to 5...

olive2709

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Lyme disease

Wow this has been quite the experience. So I just found out from an early blood test in July 2015 that i had several reactive bands from a Lyme IgM and Igg...

Wow this has been quite the experience. So I just found out from an early blood ...

Hidden

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Zoledronic Acid

I had my first Zoledronic Acid infusion yesterday. In my briefing with the rheumy nurse, I'd had all sorts of warnings about possible side-effects - joint...

I had my first Zoledronic Acid infusion yesterday. In my briefing with the rheum...

Annodomini

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Is Ileotibial band syndrome a symptom of PMR?

Since I was diagnosed 3 yr ago I have always had pain and tenderness down the outer thigh. Recently the left knee has become very painful doing stairs or...

Since I was diagnosed 3 yr ago I have always had pain and tenderness down the ou...

Runrig01

•9 years ago

15 Replies

Back to 5 mg and still not doing the trick!

Doing so well below 5 mg for a couple years, finally at 4/3 doing the slow then a trip to Az for 2 weeks, my 5 mg is not helping that much, never been this way...

Doing so well below 5 mg for a couple years, finally at 4/3 doing the slow then ...

Lafontainepam1

•9 years ago

13 Replies

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All posts for December 2015

Sleep Apnoea

Query on morning tiredness

Rules taking Ibuprofen or other stronger pain killer

Positive Things!

New sufferer

taking tablets

Deflated from this flare up...

Side Effects

Grrrrr........

question

Holiday with an 13hr flight !!

Taking Pred but I have upset stomach

A day without tears ! Is that too much to ask for ?

Long term

Adrenal insufficiency?

Advice, please

PMR and Tendonitis

Hip and low back pain

Have I got PMR as well as GCA?

Calcium Magnesium and Vitamin K.

Confused

IM Kenalog Injection for PMR ???

Mattress change?

Doc Martin

On line info from the GP

Pred +thyroxin

Lyme disease

Zoledronic Acid

Is Ileotibial band syndrome a symptom of PMR?

Back to 5 mg and still not doing the trick!

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