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Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 30, 2025 | Replies (383)
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I'm sorry, i didn't mean to put you on the spot. I'm guessing if I don't respond in next few days from prednisone. Then maybe I don't have it. The high c- reactive protein test is a general test for inflammation so maybe it's just my arthritis. Swollen artery isn't bad. But was never there before.

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Teri | @tsc | Jan 13, 2025

Hi @kmn1957, Cecil and Goldman's textbook of medicine, Chapter on PMR/GCA advises that Prednisone, when prescribed in the proper dosage (15 - 20 mg for suspected PMR) should result in a "dramatic clinical response" and if it doesn't, the physician should consider other disorders - infection, malignancy, connective tissue disorder, hypothyriodism.

GCA requires a higher dosage of prednisone. I started at 40 mg daily (I'm a small person).

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