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Newly diagnosed with Pmr

Hello! I'm newly diagnosed and just started on 15mg of prednisone .... last Tues...
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Foggy head

Please forgive me as I keep moaning about my foggy head it start about an hr af...
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Polymyagia

When I Visited the rheumatologist consultant she said do You know you can go Bli...
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Medicare and Actemra

Is Medicare coverage available for Actemra?
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Reducing prednisone from a high dose.

I recently had surgery causing my blood platelets to drop significantly and I wa...
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leflunomide side effects

Hi All, So I started (reluctantly) leflunomide this week - 10mgs every other day...
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Down to 25

Hi After a flare gp advised 10 days at 30 then down to 25. Due for telephone co...
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Study on preds use for PMR, & side effects (with a surprise conclusion)

A link to this study might already have been posted, as it came out just over a ...
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Thank you to this wonderful community

Thanks to all who replied to my post, I've responded to each of you. I just want...
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Reducing Pred..choices...obey doctor or DSNS?

Hello Everyone, First of all thank you for all the wise, wonderful, and witty p...
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Falling over

Hello, I have recently been diagnosed with Polymyalgia after a year of pain and ...
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Got down to 3.5mgs Prednisolone after 3.5years-Update

Dear Sue I like your new photograph. Many of my fellow sufferers sent nice comm...
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What now?

Good morning I am after some wise words. At the time I wasn't diagnosed with HC...
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Foggy head

Foggy head is this due to pred it seems to happen when I take the pred
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Methotrexate

Been offered Methotrexate reading about the side effects has got me so confused ...
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Around that magic 4.5mg! :(

Hello all. I recently subscribed to this forum. I'm male, 52 years old. I was 'd...

Shoulder pain

I keep reading that PMR is bilateral. My shoulder pain is bilateral but always ...
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Getting the shakes

Have just finished giving my husband a foot massage. He's been diagnosed as hav...
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Away this week end. Dare I cheet. 😲

Just a little. Pred I'm meaning. 🤔 Pred I talking about 😂 No seriously I'm ...
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😖getting worse in the mornings

Oh dear tapering down from pred. Doctor seems a bit clueless 15 to 0. In We...
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Trying to find the root cause

Hi, I'm Sommer, from Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. Been suffering from shortness of ...
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Support Group in Yorkshire?

Hi. Does anyone know if there is a Support Group in Yorkshire? Asking for a lo...
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Consequences of changing the time of the dose, or a personal hurdle?

Hi all, I've had PRM for 8 months, none of that time has been pleasant but I see...
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Not sure how use site

I am new to this site and not sure how to use it but am enjoying reading other p...
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Timing of meds & vitamins

Hello fellow sufferers. I have been very slow to fall in to the possible implica...
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Down again!

I was just recovering from a fall 4 weeks ago and thinking of resuming my reduct...
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PMR flare with burning thighs

Has anyone experienced burning thighs with PMR flare? I have had 3 flares in a p...
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Prednisone taper, breast pain

I am tapering themprednisone while on Actemra infusions...also on hrt. Has anyon...
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Hold on a hootin' tootin' minute.....! 0Mg Pred?!?

Dear PMR friends, I'm not one to brag but - oh ok then, seeing as you asked so n...
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Advice on referral to Rheumatologist

Can I please ask your opinion on a referral to a Consultant Rheumatologist made ...