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If a patient is on Prednisone and Actemra to treat a GCA flair on average how many infusions of Actemra are required before symptoms are resolved and the patient is in remission.
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@cathie1 When I was on 13 mg. of Prednisone, I got my first Actemra infusion. It took a couple of months before I started feeling better. I've been on it for 20 months. Rheumy is planning on tapering me off starting in Jan 2027. There's a study that shows, if you stop taking Actemra after 1 year, there's a 50% chance of relapse.