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"I still do not personally know anyone who like me has pmr, in 7 years." ---------------------...
I had a flare of uveitis and my ophthalmologist ... Uveitis is mostly associated with spondyloarthritis ... ophthalmologist said Actemra wasn't optimal treatment ... for uveitis.. ... commonly used for spondyloarthritis and uveitis
Posted: Jun 7 9:58am
When I was first diagnosed with reactive arthritis 40 years ago, I was told 3 things...
Treatments are better now. "Reactive ... The ophthalmologist said I had uveitis ... www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/uveitis ... think it was fortunate that I had uveitis
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Mar 30 4:17pm
For many autoimmune conditions, prednisone is used initially as a "bridge" to treatment with a biologic....
initially as a "bridge" to treatment ... I took 60-100 mg of prednisone for uveitis ... My case of uveitis was very responsive ... Invariably the next flare of uveitis ... I don't think biologics for uveitis
You have asked an interesting question. Nobody really knows how long PMR lasts except that prolonged...
long PMR lasts except that prolonged treatment ... for PMR the "average duration of treatment ... Saying the treatment lasts that long ... the prednisone to treat the flare of uveitis ... arthritis were very painful but the treatment
Posted: Apr 16 4:39pm
"My understanding of the initial tapering is that there is an assumption that the starting dose...
#39;t to treat GCA, It was to treat uveitis ... mopping up" of all the accumulated uveitis ... With uveitis you can actually see the ... www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/uveitis ... mg of prednisone after two years of treatment
Posted: Apr 24 9:23pm
My rheumatologist says it is "unlikely" that I will get off Actemra unless it stops working....
rheumatologist believes I might always need treatment ... For uveitis prednisone induced a sustained ... prednisone for about a year before uveitis ... to prevent the recurring flares of uveitis
Posted: Apr 24 3:59pm
Hello @gemz, Welcome to Connect. This is an older discussion and I don't think there are...
but I did a search of Connect for uveitis ... search=uveitis%20treatments. ... this article that mentions natural treatments ... offered any suggestions for natural treatments ... might help along with the current treatment
Support Group: Eye Conditions
Posted: Apr 17 7:49pm
If you are asking me ... I still have reactive arthritis since being diagnosed when I...
time I would also have a flare of uveitis ... The uveitis flares were treated by an ... Remission of uveitis was reestablished ... 've had more than 30 flares of uveitis ... prednisone was NOT a primary or long-term treatment
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Apr 1 3:39pm
"None of these drugs work on helping to restart your cortisol." I mostly agree with this....
Reactive arthritis and uveitis weren ... Reactive arthritis and uveitis were ... opthalmologist who said Humira was the optimal treatment ... for uveitis. ... Humira might have worked for uveitis
Posted: Aug 2, 2024
My guess is the shakes and insomnia are more likely prednisone side effects. I took prednisone...
inflammation inside my eye was called uveitis ... and prednisone was the treatment. ... Uveitis inflammation wasn't systemic ... Uveitis didn't have systemic effects
Discussion: PMR or PREDNISONE
Posted: Jun 24, 2024
My very first injection of Actemra was on January 1st, 2019. I thought it was appropriate...
versus injections every 2 weeks for the treatment ... of my other autoimmune conditions (uveitis ... It was a massive flare of uveitis called ... panuveitis and it was the worst uveitis ... The uveitis flare resolved but when
Humira is a TNF inhibitor which isn't likely to help PMR. My experience with Humira was...
ophthalmologist said Humira was "optimal treatment ... " for uveitis. ... Actemra isn't an ideal treatment ... for uveitis. ... Uveitis hasn't recurred and PMR
Posted: Feb 1, 2024
Early treatment for my PsA was with Prednisone, Methotrexate injections, and progressed to biologics due to...
Early treatment for my PsA was with ... a severe & reoccurring case of Uveitis ... patients may be able to stop biologic treatment ... Medrol Dosepacks, and other more simple treatments
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 15, 2024
Are you prescribing prednisone to yourself? Did you diagnose yourself? When I was first diagnosed with...
had a 15 year history of recurring uveitis ... my dose upward if needed until the uveitis ... same way as reactive arthritis and uveitis ... The treatment for PMR is "long term ... long time and an entirely different treatment
Posted: Oct 25, 2023
My very first injection of Actemra was January 1st, 2019. I started with injections every 2...
#:~:text=Uveitis%20is%20inflammation ... It was my first flare of uveitis in ... Uveitis stopped happening when I was ... think Actemra was "optimal" treatment ... for uveitis.
Hi @jholland ... What do you mean by experimental stages of inflammatory arthritis? The biologic that...
I also had frequent flares of uveitis ... Uveitis can cause blindness if it isn ... The treatment for uveitis was a high ... Flares of uveitis stopped happening. ... A uveitis specialist thought another
Posted: Jun 10, 2023