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  1. Shifting attacks of Polymyalgia

    I am new to this site and find reading other patients' reports both comforing and helpful.

    I have had PMR for ten years but was not diagnosed early. A Rheumatologist ....

  2. Do I have PMR?

    Hi everybody, I was wondering if anybody could give me some advice please?

    I went to my dentist in December 2011 as my "clicking jaw" had locked, and was creating ....

  3. Have to increase dose again!

    Hi all

    I havent been on here for a while - the new format has put me off.

    You might recall I recently had to increase my pred from nearly nothing to 5mg. I ....

  4. On 16mg Prednisolone and due for total knee replacement surgery in 3 weeks.

    My PMR was diagnosed in November and I was started on 50mg prednisolone. Pain was in shoulders, arms and thighs.

    At 16mg now ,with pain still in arms (trouble doing ....

  5. Alendronic acid and teeth

    I've mentioned my toothache before but can't remember under what heading.

    My dentist referred me on to an oral surgeon because I need an extraction (she also put ....

  6. Why can't or won't a GP diagnose polymyalgia?

    My wife (72) has been suffering increasing pain over the last several months. The pains are mainly in her upper arms/shoulders and her legs. The pains and associated ....

  7. New PMR & GCA Forum

    Hello, I have joined the PMR & GCA Support Forum. I had much difficulty in entering the site, but with some help and much determination, I got there. It is ....

  8. New pmr awaiting esr and other blood test results

    I have alll the symtoms, with a few others. Does anybody have popping ears which can last a few minutes to hours several times a day?

  9. weight reduction on Prednisolone

    Hi all

    I dont know if this will come up twice but my first submission doesnt seem to have posted.

    Has anyone had experience of managing to lose weight on a low ....

  10. Coming to Terms with PMR

    I have recently been diagnosed with PMR (January 2012) I am a 47 year old female,and although it was a shock because I had no idea that the condition even existed ....

  11. Contributors' Brief Histories

    A thread for users to put a precis of their story.

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  12. frustrated PMR sufferer

    I was diagnosed with PMR about 3 years ago and had got down to 1mg steroid feeling pretty good should have known it was to good to be true! I then suffered a bout ....

  13. Prednisolone - enteric coated or not?

    My wife, Tamar, is the patient. She has always been prescribed prednisolone enteric coated. (For the past 15 months.) The prescription has just been changed to uncoated. ....

  14. New to PMR

    Hello, I am new to forums but could really do with some help coming to terms with PMR. My story so far is that I have been complaining of random pains all over and ....

  15. allergic to lyrica

    off to see the doctor again this coming monday. I seen a health nurse yesterday and she said I am allergic to the lyrica the rhuematologist put me on. I am itchy ....

  16. GCA tests....

    Hello,

    I am new to this site and was wondering if anyone could help me. I went to maxillo facial yesterday who suspect I have GCA. They are referring me to rheumatology ....

  17. PMR or NOT

    Can anyone help I was incorrectly diagnosed with PMR July 2011 been on prednisolone since then just coming off now as in Feb 2012 was told not PMR I am in terrible ....

  18. Polymialgia and Flue injections

    Will anyone who believs they got polymialgia after having a flue injection, please advise me which injection they had ?

  19. OFF Prednisone for 2 weeks

    and I am feeling better in some ways and worse in others. The cancer numbers have gone way down and I am in partial remission once again so it is good.

    My CRP ....

  20. PMR and bursitis

    Hi everyone, I wondered if anyone could give me any input on having bursitis alongside PMR? I tried searching for bursitis using the search function but it brought ....

  21. help - ive lost the thread!!!

    I was talking to Eileen and nickcock about calcium, alendronic acid etc and I wanted to look back at something Eileen wrote - now I can't find the thread as I don't ....

  22. Is my pain caused by the return of PMR or can it be the medication I am taking?

    I am 12 months into my diagnosis of PMR and down from 15mgs Prednisolone to 7mgs. After 3months without pain and down to 11mgs I began again to suffer the symptoms ....

  23. Good luck to those staying here...

    Got to say I've had it with site. It's not gotten any better even though is promised to be improved.

    Hopefully the folks looking for help or share their experiences ....

  24. Have my diagnosis, its primary osteoarthritis

    I have it in my back, hips, spine, ribs, ankles and wrists,. Worst in the back, hips and spine. So he is taking me off prednisone completely and putting me on lyrica ....

  25. PMR under 50 years old?

    Has anyone under the age of 50 been diagnosed with PMR?

  26. Polymyalgia Rheumatica

    I was diagnosed with PMR just over 3 years ago. Treated with Prenisolone which dosage has been gradually reducing. Now at the point of 2 mgs/day and feeling quite ....

  27. PMR and common colds!!

    Hi - haven't used this site for some time. Have been battling to come off steroids since diagnosis in 2007 - finally down to 2 mgs - made much better by retirement ....

  28. Lucia brings light in the darkness

    Exactly three years ago (on the Lucia Day, December 13) I got off pred and have been free from pmr. I chose the Lucia Day to say when I got off pred as it is easy ....

  29. went down to 35 mg today and holy man

    I am having some major shoulder and hip pain. So although these doctors say I am not a typical case of PMR I think they need to rethink because I had to have a ....

  30. Not PMR

    I seen my oncologist today and she got a letter from my rhuemotologist saying that what I have is not PMR as the symptoms and tests results were not typical. When ....

  31. Anyone else have low blood iron (anemia) with PMR?

    I posted this at the Arthritis/PMR forum, but trying this forum as well, because maybe there are more people here.

    I have been anemic for at least two years now--diagnosed ....

  32. my journey with polymyalgia rheumatica

    first visited gp dec 2010 with severe pain and stiffness in muscles of legs and hips, upper body ached but not too bad, was told had back problems and prescibed ....

  33. Hello - New to PMR

    Hi - I have just been diagnosed with PMR this week and I am just trying to find out as much information as possible. I have been prescribed 20mg of prednisolone ....

  34. Bone scan is back but I do not have a specialist to decifer it.

    I had a nurse go over it with me on Friday. I have arthritis in the ankles and wrists. I am sure more places then that. There was radioactive die given and it ....

  35. alternative diagnosis...?

    Hello there to all, I was diagnosed with p.r. two years ago by my G.P. and also a specialist who both said my symptoms were typical and conclusive.I decided to ....

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