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Can sed rate and c reactive results be normal while taking Prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 22 hours ago | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
@jabrown0407 Appreciate your insight and your taking time to reply! I did as you suggested and found what appears to be fairly reliable information regarding inflammatory markers while on Tocilizumab .
I was unfamiliar with droracle.ai but believe site may be quite trustworthy. Below are a couple of links, including one that was a footnote to original. To summarize the latter: "Conclusions: CRP levels may not correctly reflect the severity of infectious diseases during tocilizumab treatment. Increased awareness of the masking effect of tocilizumab on the APR during infection is needed in order to avoid a delay in the diagnosis."
https://www.droracle.ai/articles/918233/can-tocilizumab-actemra-suppress-creactive-protein-resulting-in-a
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33804790/
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@ceedub Interesting. Please keep in mind that PMR and GCA are not infectious diseases. CRP and Sed Rate measure inflammation in your system. They do not distinguish between sources of the inflammation.
Based on my understanding, simple things like exercise can contribute to inflammation. As can a cat scratch or any other simple injury as well as infections and autoimmune problems.