Experiences with

Naproxen / Esomeprazole

Hello everyone. I'm learning a lot about Polymyalgia from the extremely high quality PMRGCA uk website and from this brilliantly informative and supportive group.I haven't yet been diagnosed with PMR, my Rheuma appt is on the 11th Feb. In Austria everything gets checked out by a specialist first. I

after a history of depression, anxiety, cyclothymia and various meds over nearly 50 years. Although past 15 years continuously taking meds. I started Mirtazapine 15 mg in August 2024. First tablet to help lift my mood and sleep better. But side effects of muscle pain are severe. Especially in my fingers

hey guys. just signed up to this form so i don't really know anything. don't even know where i'm writing to or if i'm making a new post, but that's ok for now. i'll probably get there:) apparently decided to have stage 4 liver cancer about 5-6 months ago. seems like a pretty good hospital, pretty

Hi all, I’m still having treatment for back pain after my fall 3 months ago. At long last I’m feeling an improvement, but in odd days it is very hard to walk far without pain. I’m only on 1mg Prednisolone at the moment so I wondered if it was safe to take Naproxen on “bad days”? Ibuprofen, Cocodamol

Hi All Been a while, I tend to do this go quiet and come back again when I’m feeling isolated and alone. Anyone ever just think like it would be nice to just shut down for a day like a recharge? I’m think of going back to my doctors, I’m on Naproxen (which is meant to be for swelling) but I don

A Merry Christmas to all readers and hope your days were special. Hubby and I had a lovely Christmas thanks to our daughter and son-in-law. I did think I was not going to be able to go to our daughters for Christmas as on Christmas Eve evening the flare up pain in my ankles was so severe I had

Can anybody suggest a pain killer that I can take. I can't take Naproxen it upset my kidneys and I am finding Paracetamol makes the pain worse.

Hi all. I'd be interested to know if anyone can give advice or give their experience on the matter. I had back pain and pain and numbness in the front of my right thigh. MRI scan revealed nerve issues in L4/L5 area. Prescribed Naproxen. Not long been taking them long. I've been advised to stay active

Hi everyone. As my last post stated it has been decided by more than one different consultant and speciality that I was misdiagnosed years ago with PMR. I am reducing the prednisone very fast under advisement. I have dropped from 20mgs to 5mgs (in one go) with no adverse effects although my average

Update had to email Rheumatologist for review per his instructions I’m of pred awaiting my PET Scan this will allow them to see where the inflammation is coming from and if I indeed do have PMR after 6.5 years being tested for it ! I have 4-6 week wait but I’m in sheer agony Neck , breastbone , ribs

hi everyone, Giving an update, I’m now on week four of methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine, and my recent blood test showed I was quite anaemic and rheumatologist thinks that bleeding internally somewhere- maybe because I was overdoing taking naproxen for around six months. I’ve stopped taking naproxen

I’ve had pelvic pain in my LHS since the birth of my son in Oct 2021, and passed it off for a long time believing it to be a normal sort of pain that just happens when you have a baby. It got worse in spring 2023 and I was cyclically uncomfortable at night leaving me sore in the mornings. I had a terrible

Hi all. Please make sure your not eating before reading further!! I've been experiencing some tummy problems over the last few months. Mainly mild pain, loose bowels etc. I have also passed very dark stools on a few occasions, and I've lost a stone in weight (and there isn't that much of me to start

I was diagnosed with PMR in March and have tapered from 12mg to 6mg since then with no flares. I also have recurring right hip pain which got worse about 2months ago and an ultrasound showed a labral tear. A month ago I had an ultrasound guided steroid injection into the hip which didn’t work and I’m

Hi, this is the first time writing on here for my fibromyalgia. For about a year I was treated for PMR and the relief from the steroids was initially amazing but I couldn't taper due to my pain increasing. Seen by Rheumatologist who said it was not PMR and was Fibromyalgia so had to come off steroids

Three things came together. First, reading through some of diogenes' papers, second, noticing the old PR Larsen paper, third, that someone expressly mentioned taking aspirin in order to help with blood flow when performing a finger-prick blood sample. (I did try, but I could not find where on the forum

hello everyone, thank you for your support over the last eight months. I saw the consultant rheumatologist yesterday and he confirmed that he thought it was PMR. All my symptoms and pet scan seem to agree with that however I’m resistant steroids so that’s a complication.. he said it is possible but

I have been on what I think must be a similar meds journey as everyone else in the hope of finding the right one. diagnosed with seronegative RA I have had a few different ones. latest is Methotrexate and Adalimumab injections. Weekly and fortnightly respectively. Now moving to Methotrexate and Benepali

I have been on Prednisone for 5+ years now usually at levels above12.5mg. As some of you know I was told earlier in the year that the wrong diagnosis may have been made & I was to come off it. I am now down at 5mg with pregabalin and naproxen added instead. . A few weeks a new rheumatologist was on the

Hi all - happy new year!I posted 7 months ago for the first time as I was so ill and am really grateful for the advice I got. I was taking 50 of Accord and 25 of Teva. It was suggested that the Teva might be causing me problems and that I should try splitting the Accord tablet. I did this and, within