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PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 11 7:08am | Replies (175)
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@suetex

Thank you for posting this. I am going to try to find out more about these people. I had just assumed, since they were antibodie that IL 6 was their target and they nulified them. Makes sense it would be more complex than that.

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DadCue | @dadcue | Mar 11, 2023

"Because biologics are created using living cells, they can trigger an unintended immune response in which the body forms anti-drug antibodies that actually "fight" the drug. Almost all biologic medications can lead to the development of anti-drug antibodies, though the risk is different for each individual drug."
https://www.verywellhealth.com/antibodies-to-biologics-4846279#:~:text=Because%20biologics%20are%20created%20using,different%20for%20each%20individual%20drug.
The immune system is complex and not well understood. The immune system is like a new frontier in medicine.

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