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How does one know when PMR is in remission?

I understand PMR may or may not go into remission. Once in remission is pred or any medicine require?

I understand PMR may or may not go into remission. Once in remission is pred or...

zag1999

•6 years ago

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Statins

Does anyone have troubles when taking statins (muscle weakness, dizzyness, constipation, etc)? Some years ago the medical gurus said everyone over 45 should be...

Does anyone have troubles when taking statins (muscle weakness, dizzyness, const...

Constance13

•6 years ago

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Once again many thanks. A little light reading to do now - Ha ha!!

Thank you all again for helping me out. Really appreciated. I will try & follow up all the leads you have provided on reports stating that PMR can cause pain...

Thank you all again for helping me out. Really appreciated. I will try & follo...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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One thing after another 🤨

Lying in bed as I write. Diagnosed GCA November 2015. Down to 3.5 mg and 4 mg this week. Three weeks ago started with pain right shoulder gradually...

Lying in bed as I write. Diagnosed GCA November 2015. Down to 3.5 mg and 4 mg ...

Pamela60

•6 years ago

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2nd Taper Effort Not Successful

My wife has been on Prednisone almost 2 years. Her first rheumy tried to have her taper all the way down to no steroids after only 7 months just because her...

My wife has been on Prednisone almost 2 years. Her first rheumy tried to have h...

navejasjoe

•6 years ago

17 Replies

Worried about headaches...and much more

I am 83 yrs old and three yrs ago started getting stabbing headaches on each side in temple area. I never had a headache in my life before that. Then I came...

I am 83 yrs old and three yrs ago started getting stabbing headaches on each sid...

dinhal

•6 years ago

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Doctor offers a solution she knows specialists can’t offer.

ConventCassie

•6 years ago

7 Replies

The Lighter Side: Update from Pred Club Zero (well, almost..) ;-)

Greetings to all PolyMyLingerers and Pred Playmates here. Just a quick update in case any of you can't sleep at night and / or are Bonkers enough to follow my...

Greetings to all PolyMyLingerers and Pred Playmates here. Just a quick update i...

markbenjamin57

•6 years ago

50 Replies

Exhausted

Just so you all know I have been to the Doctor today. Really helpful too tired now to post anymore Will let you know tomorrow. Thank you all for your...

Just so you all know I have been to the Doctor today. Really helpful too tire...

morrison

•6 years ago

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Flare after zero pred for six months? - Update

Saw my usual GP today who advise me to start a low dose of Pred 4mg & slowly reduce over the next few weeks/ months. After reading reply’s to this, I’m quite...

Saw my usual GP today who advise me to start a low dose of Pred 4mg & slowly red...

PJPS

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Mirtazapine

Been prescribed this today for my depression and anxiety and scared to take it.has anyone taken it and can give me some insight please

Been prescribed this today for my depression and anxiety and scared to take it.h...

Xanthe12345

•6 years ago

38 Replies

Mirtazapine

Has anyone taken this drug for depression and did it help please? Been prescribed but scared to start it

Has anyone taken this drug for depression and did it help please? Been prescribe...

Xanthe12345

•6 years ago

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Couldn't Make This 💩 Up!

At 4:45 this afternoon I was back at my local surgery, for the second time in 6 hours! About an hour after I started the Nystatin and the Naseptin Nasal...

At 4:45 this afternoon I was back at my local surgery, for the second time in 6 ...

Hidden

•6 years ago

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temporal arteritis for two years now

I'm a 60 year old woman who is dealing with temporal arteritis for the second time. This time it has been two years now and I'm losing my mind. The first...

I'm a 60 year old woman who is dealing with temporal arteritis for the second ti...

lcove

•6 years ago

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Muscle Weakness and NO Stamina

I've just come in from our communal garden of the building, and I'm again, upset and frightened. ALL I was doing tending to few potted plants== no big flower...

I've just come in from our communal garden of the building, and I'm again, upset...

billinSurbiton

•6 years ago

28 Replies

Inflammatory illness and depression

Heard on Radio 4 this morning of a book which argues for a physical rather than psychological link between inflammatory illness and depression. It seems, if I...

Heard on Radio 4 this morning of a book which argues for a physical rather than ...

maria40

•6 years ago

7 Replies

Yes indeeda... it is candida!

I just had the best experience! That's twice this week... I'm on a roll! It was my first ever appointment with a Nurse Practitioner at my local surgery and...

I just had the best experience! That's twice this week... I'm on a roll! It was...

Hidden

•6 years ago

43 Replies

Cardiff Meeting

The next meeting is Wednesday, 4th May at 11am in the Central Library. We have a speaker, a specialist nurse in rheumatology. Anyone welcome to come.

The next meeting is Wednesday, 4th May at 11am in the Central Library. We have a...

slewis

•6 years ago

3 Replies

Some Advice Please......

I was diagnosed with PMR in 2012 and placed on 15mg prednisolone daily. Over time the reduction of medication went fairly well but I reached 5mg daily I found...

I was diagnosed with PMR in 2012 and placed on 15mg prednisolone daily. Over tim...

anniekins1

•6 years ago

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The Lighter Side: PMR and / or Steroid tapering 'Fatigue' Symptoms - Can you describe them in a 'Human / Humorous' Way? (Just for Fun.) ;-)

Greetings All, whether PMR / GCA Veterans, Newbies, Confused.coms, Plain Bonkers PMR and GCA Survivors, or any or all of the above. A much-discussed topic on...

Greetings All, whether PMR / GCA Veterans, Newbies, Confused.coms, Plain Bonkers...

markbenjamin57

•6 years ago

16 Replies

Sorry but do painkillers help?

Hi everyone I think I have successfully reduced to 2.5 mgs of pred. It’s taken me this long to recognise that every time I get to the next reduction level I...

Hi everyone I think I have successfully reduced to 2.5 mgs of pred. It’s taken ...

JulieR2

•6 years ago

20 Replies

Ohhhh Come on...

WTF? Apparently having GCA & PMR wasn't enough of a challenge for me... As of yesterday, a Baker's Cyst, Peripheral neuropathy (or some such similar...

WTF? Apparently having GCA & PMR wasn't enough of a challenge for me... As ...

Hidden

•6 years ago

85 Replies

Little things achieved

Managed to peg two washes on line today. Not done that for a while. :)

Chrissy1953

•6 years ago

12 Replies

Update to fired by my rheumy

After the disastrous appointment 2 weeks ago when my rheumy dumped me with no warning and discharged me back to my GP, I saw her last week, very...

After the disastrous appointment 2 weeks ago when my rheumy dumped me with n...

Mstiles

•6 years ago

30 Replies

Moon face

I have the moon face but now developed a swelling going from my left ear lobe to my jaw feels like gristle to me does not move and does not hurt, but with my...

I have the moon face but now developed a swelling going from my left ear lobe to...

Jamie345

•6 years ago

8 Replies

Alendronic acid

Is there a search facility on here....? When I first found this forum I seem to recall coming upon a discussion about alendronic acid. I'd like to read more...

Is there a search facility on here....? When I first found this forum I seem to ...

GrannyDi

•6 years ago

12 Replies

Tapering your Prednisone

Hi since the start of this year, after my last consultant vist I was told to drop 1mg of Prednisone a month which I’ve managed without hardly any discomfort....

Hi since the start of this year, after my last consultant vist I was told to dro...

Runnerman

•6 years ago

4 Replies

Does NHS still give right to choose consultant?

The NHS web site says patients can choose consultant. I asked GP if she could refer me to a consultant who knew a lot about GCA and she waffled that they were...

The NHS web site says patients can choose consultant. I asked GP if she could re...

Cally55

•6 years ago

8 Replies

Blood

To all longtimers (4 years or so). How often do you now have blood tests?

Constance13

•6 years ago

14 Replies

Remembering the challenges of PMR/GCA in earlier generations

Hello Everyone This is a picture of my late mother (1926-2004) which I am posting here on what would have been her 92nd birthday. She contracted a 'mysterious'...

Hello Everyone This is a picture of my late mother (1926-2004) which I am postin...

Rimmy

•6 years ago

19 Replies

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All posts for April 2018

How does one know when PMR is in remission?

Statins

Once again many thanks. A little light reading to do now - Ha ha!!

One thing after another 🤨

2nd Taper Effort Not Successful

Worried about headaches...and much more

Doctor offers a solution she knows specialists can’t offer.

The Lighter Side: Update from Pred Club Zero (well, almost..) ;-)

Exhausted

Flare after zero pred for six months? - Update

Mirtazapine

Mirtazapine

Couldn't Make This 💩 Up!

temporal arteritis for two years now

Muscle Weakness and NO Stamina

Inflammatory illness and depression

Yes indeeda... it is candida!

Cardiff Meeting

Some Advice Please......

The Lighter Side: PMR and / or Steroid tapering 'Fatigue' Symptoms - Can you describe them in a 'Human / Humorous' Way? (Just for Fun.) ;-)

Sorry but do painkillers help?

Ohhhh Come on...

Little things achieved

Update to fired by my rheumy

Moon face

Alendronic acid

Tapering your Prednisone

Does NHS still give right to choose consultant?

Blood

Remembering the challenges of PMR/GCA in earlier generations

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