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Kevzara wasn't available for PMR when my rheumatologist wanted me to try a biologic for "refractory...
because it was FDA approved in 2017 for GCA ... work for PMR because of how PMR and GCA ... it wasn't deemed to be optimal treatment ... 't deemed to be useful for the treatment
Posted: Feb 21 8:36am
Yes ... I think that is true. https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/treatment-plan/disease-management/the-first-medications-for-psa "Biologic DMARDs are used if your PsA wasn’t...
/www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment ... There are many treatments that are FDA ... that Actemra was FDA approved for GCA ... Actemra will corner the market for GCA ... the "only option" for PMR/GCA
Posted: Feb 5 9:32pm
Weight loss is common for untreated PMR/GCA. Weight gain is common for PMR/GCA treated with Prednisone....
Weight loss is common for untreated PMR/GCA ... Weight gain is common for PMR/GCA treated ... Diet and exercise are the primary treatments
A doctor friend told me to go to the ER immediately if I had any visual...
about a patient's history of PMR/GCA ... this in Connect I was diagnosed with GCA ... to be informed of the symptoms of GCA ... and be on high alert to seek treatment
Discussion: GCA conserns
Posted: Jun 19 1:29pm
Hi @isabelle7, While you wait for others with experience with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), there is...
experience with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... In summary, in GCA there appears to ... Rheumatology guideline on diagnosis and treatment ... Recommendations-for-the-management-of-GCA.pdf
Posted: Feb 26 9:06am
@tedmbrady My husband developed PMR 5/2023 and then GCA (giant cell arteritis) in 2/2024. It's been...
husband developed PMR 5/2023 and then GCA ... down to 12.5 mg before developing GCA ... not sure, but he had a really bad treatment-resistant
@JustinMcClanahan Thanks for inviting me to this page. I will check it out. My husband developed...
husband developed PMR May 2023 then GCA ... 12.5 by Feb 2024 when he developed GCA ... But one needs to have treatment with ... believe me when I suspected he had GCA
Posted: May 23 1:29pm
Well ... where should I begin? I was diagnosed with reactive arthritis with uveitis some 20...
Uveitis can cause blindness just like GCA ... that he didn't see any sign of GCA ... of inflammatory arthritis and PMR/GCA ... sulfasalazine during my total of 30 years of treatment ... I'm now on a biologic treatment
Posted: Mar 24, 2023
I was diagnosed with PMR about 15 years ago. For twenty years before PMR was diagnosed...
seeing my ophthalmologist for the treatment ... rheumatologist told me the symptoms of GCA ... rheumatologist how would I know if it was GCA
Posted: Mar 4, 2023
That sounds bad, @tsc. Sorry to hear it. I also lost 8 lbs in the 3...
So far, it seems I don't have GCA ... With GCA, you must have had much higher ... of prednisone and had a different treatment
Hi @keelin, if prednisone did not help your pain, odds are you do not have PMR....
GCA needs treatment because it can cause ... to prednisone and you do not have GCA
Posted: Nov 18, 2022
"Inflammatory arthritis" is an umbrella term that describes all of the many different types. Rheumatoid arthritis...
RA has many treatment options. ... Short term treatment of prednisone is ... bridge to more effective types of treatment ... My understanding about the treatment ... as being "associated" with GCA
Hi @annettetompkins that is a true horror story! I'm sorry that your doctor was so blase....
I had the symptoms of PMR and GCA for ... If you can see a rheumatologist for treatment ... about 30% of people with PMR develop GCA ... Untreated GCA can result in blindness ... My mother-in-law had GCA, diagnosed
Hi @mzamyl I am sorry to hear about your pain. I can't imagine living with the...
diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... Untreated, GCA can cause stroke and/ ... ve read here that some people start treatment