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PMRGCAuk

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Arm pain and stuffness

I am newly diagnosed with pmr and have been on Prednisone for three weeks....sta...
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Excuse my ignorance but is this PMR or GCA?

Could somebody please clarify the main differences in presenting symptoms betwee...
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Raised potassium

Hi. Hope you are all doing ok. I have just had my monthly blood tests and know ...
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Prednisone increases Blood my pressure

I get anxious and excitable when I am on it. I am a 65 year old male. I also ret...
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Stomach pain on pred

Does anyone have severe abdominal pain from pred. Even on the coated version I ...
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Monday cheer up

Went to Touchwood Solhull on Saturday with daughter and 15year old granddaughter...
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Another question

I have pain from PMR - is it wrong not to take steroids? In other words if I can...

Pain down one side?

Dear All, I was wondering is it normal to get pain on one side of your body? My...

PMR/GCA/TIA

Two years into PMR/GCA and on 10mg pred last Friday had a floppy left arm for 3 ...
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Too Much for Waitrose?

Today finds the 100,000 teeny, tiny red pustules, that covered 60% of my face ye...
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Over eating

Just spent the last half hour writing a message only to lose it. 😈 never mind ....
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Safely ensconced in Scottsdale.

Hello everyone. It has taken some time since arriving here, twelve days ago to s...

Can AMAUROSIS FUGAX be caused by a mini stroke

Need help

The magical 9mg seems so near, yet so far.

What is it about 9mg than is so secial and yearned for? Despite stresses between...
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I Guess in Retrospect...

It may have been a wee bit ill-advised to use a new product (ON MY FACE!) withou...
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Exercise and Stretching

I have had pmr for three years and take prednisone 15mg on alternate days which ...
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Chest cold....

HI PMR minds... I have a cold .. feeling it in my chest..little headache. ADVICE...
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Pmr - prednisone and yeast infections

I am 50 years old and recently (one month ago) diagnosed with PMR. I am current...
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Bad Ad

I was leafing through a glossy magazine this afternoon and saw this advert for n...
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Want to get back to living!

Hi, my name is Cindy. My first post here. I've been looking and ....then I go aw...
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Labrynthitis/Vertigo

I was diagnosed PMR and suspected GCA in Apr/May 2017. I have successfully redu...
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Headache

Anyone get headaches that jab sharply and then just stay ..jabbing intermittentl...
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Low adrenal function at 6.5

For the pro. Finally talked my endocrinologist into doing a cortisol test at 6.5...
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Nuff Said!

She believed she could, but she was really tired, so she didn't!
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PMR where are you?

Recap, 1 week ago my Rheumatologist gave me a shot of Depo Medrol because I had ...
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Taking Prednisolone at a different time?

Hi, has anyone experimented with when you take Prednisolone, the time of day I m...
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Next steps?

Well I’m struggling! About 3 years in on this journey and on 12mg of pred and 40...
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Quick update

I have not posted for a while,but just quick update,I was diagnosed with gca Jan...
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New member from New Zealand

Kia ora (Hello), my name is Di and I live in Nelson, New Zealand. I was diagnose...
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Bad couple of days!

Well I was heading to 7mg from 8mg, but the last couple of days have been very h...
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