My numbers are never very high on blood work. I do not have PMR, just GCA. I woke up one morning and had partial vision loss . When I look back I had been having a lot of symptoms. Just never had heard of GCA. I do blood work once a month when I go to my doctor. I need to ask doctor if she wants me to up dosage when I feel like I have a flare. I am on 20 mg now and just hate to think of upping the dose bc effects are so bad. I started at 80 and down to 20 mg prednisone now. I will talk to her about Actemra. Thanks for your help.