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Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
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Hi @kmn1957, your symptoms sound suspicious to me.
I had PMR before GCA and the lower dosage of PMR I was initially given got rid of my PMR pain, but I still had intermittent head pains, and a scalp tender to the touch.
With GCA, I had many symptoms that were not constant, but came and went. My symptoms weren't "textbook" by any means.
I've had GCA twice now and my symptoms were different both times. My mother in law had it as well and her symptoms were different from mine.
The Rheumatologist ordered a biopsy of the temporal artery, which was positive. It wasn't a difficult procedure to go through.
GCA is nothing to mess with - you could go blind without much warning. If you have any visual disturbance, go to an Emergency Room immediately.
Best to advise your doctor of your symptoms immediately, and as @jeff97 suggests, see a Rheumatologist asap.
Good luck!
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I'm in the 60 mg prednisone. But not sleeping maybe 2 hours at night ,
total. Ì have read that the biopsy could miss it too. Just because it's
negative doesn't mean you don't have it, right? I don't seem to have the
typical symptoms. Mauve i caught it before it got too inflamed? I will see
my headache doctor in an hour. Maybe she will know what to do. I only
have 2 more days of the prednisone so either someone had to fill it or
decide no. My primary has been too busy to get to see. So it's always
been a doctor on call.