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Think I have Giant Cell Arteritis (or GCA)

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jan 30 8:20pm | Replies (70)
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@JustinMcClanahan

Hi @dbyrne, I moved your discussion and combined it with an existing discussion titled:

- Think I have Giant Cell Ateritis (or GCA)
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/think-i-have-gca
I did this so you could meet members like @pickle7 who also talked about Actemra.

@dbyrne, what side effects in particular are you most concerned about?

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marcia115 | @marcia115 | Sep 17, 2023

dbyrne, they think I have Giant Cell Arteritis, I had a tooth pulled in June and
I had a headache every day for a month, and they put me on prednisone, starting at 40 mg for
two weeks. It took the headache away, but they took me off too fast and the headache returned,
now I am back on it going off very slowly. I have to have an ultrasound on my left temple, an MRI on my brain, then a biopsy, and then they will know if I have it, How do they know for sure you have
this? and all of you that are reading this, how do you know for sure this is what you have?
marcia115

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dbyrne | @dbyrne | Sep 17, 2023

I am concerned about getting a serious infection, increasing my blood pressure (I am on blood pressure medication) & the increased risk getting cancer.

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