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@jr46 My understanding of clinical trials is if you are in the control group, i. e....
or worse than the current standard treatment ... I cannot believe if you have GCA that ... they would not give you some treatment
@charann2000 I was diagnosed with GCA w/ Temporal Arteritis 10 months ago and it has been...
@charann2000 I was diagnosed with GCA ... what it was and I delayed in getting treatment ... hospital for three days of testing and treatment ... I am curious to know what the GCA did ... extreme vision loss is not common with GCA
@emrose If you start Rinvoq ... please let everyone know how it works. These newer medications...
Rinvoq and Actemra are FDA approved treatments ... for GCA and both will likely help stop ... It was FDA approved for GCA in April ... treated with newer medications for PMR/GCA ... Other PMR/GCA forums are dominated with
@kayept The link works without the period at the end. Otherwise, as written, it doesn't go...
The efficacy of biologicals in GCA cannot ... tocilizumab) if you are diagnosed with GCA ... with other countries in advancing new treatments ... less reliance on Prednisone to treat GCA
@jeff97 I have never been diagnosed with GCA ... only uveitis. I don't know precisely how...
I have never been diagnosed with GCA ... #34;Corticosteroids are the primary treatment ... will likely flare up again with no treatment ... ophthalmologist reassures me it isn't GCA
Posted: Mar 4 3:54pm
First, welcome to the world of "It doesn't make sense". Being a doctor one would think...
tasked with treating it, however the treatment ... school of thought now is after initial treatment ... Three years later asymptomatic GCA Vasculitis
Posted: Feb 28 6:18am
I was diagnosed with PMR October 2025 after 4 months of life altering shoulder, hip, and...
Research showed I had all symptoms of GCA ... I asked my PCP if this indicated GCA ... I am convinced I have GCA. ... this helps my Rheumy better guide my treatment ... at large, knows little about PMR or GCA
The research effort was something we could only dream about in the not so distant past....
of care" at least initially for GCA ... a reasonable amount of time ---the treatment ... The great thing about this PMR/GCA forum
@jr46 I'm sorry you developed GCA in addition to PMR. I also have both of them....
@jr46 I'm sorry you developed GCA ... weekly injections of Actemra to my treatment ... age (72), the Actemra, the PMR and GCA ... Good luck with your treatment!
@pah17 I'm still taking weekly Actemra injections. I'll be taking them weekly for 4 more months,...
That will be 3 years of treatment. ... symptoms or flares of the PMR and GCA ... since I started treatment.
Posted: Mar 2 7:55am
@cazwell50 very similar to my experience after GCA / PMR diagnosis. (Pred and Actemera treatment) Although...
very similar to my experience after GCA ... (Pred and Actemera treatment) Although ... people will have an easier time of treatment