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@alandy233 I'm sorry you are having such difficult problems with your vision. I was fortunate that...
you received and 6 weeks of 60 mg prednisone ... helped me to eventually get off of prednisone ... When I google "does Actemra help ... helps patients stay in remission longer ... starting you back at a high dose of prednisone
Posted: Jan 12 5:41pm
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@aussiedogmom As far as I know ... you are correct. In addition to PMR, I have...
Actemra allowed me to taper off Prednisone ... My ophthalmologist abruptly stopped Actemra ... Uveitis went into remission again but ... ultimately I decided to go back on Actemra ... When Actemra was restarted, I tapered
Posted: Jan 5 9:23am
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@retiredphil I started Actemra on January 1st 2019 for PMR. It took me nearly 2 years...
nearly 2 years to get completely off Prednisone ... I have now been off prednisone for ... Actemra put PMR quickly into remission ... function like prednisone did. ... instead of prednisone.
Posted: Dec 28, 2025
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@elleninz Hi my diagnosis is the same as yours, but with PMR too. Actemera ( initially...
Actemera ( initially & concurrent ... my disease , I went quickly into a remission ... GCA /PMR , and quickly tapered off prednisone ... and I’ve remained in medication free remission ... that can come from extended use of prednisone
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@judith75 Don't let hives and going back to 50 mg discourage you. When I tapered off...
time, I needed 60 mg of prednisone ... worked for uveitis because it went into remission ... intolerable and uveitis was in remission ... months to make sure uveitis was in remission ... month to put PMR back into remission
Discussion: PMR Remission
Posted: Jan 15 11:16am