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Weight loss is common for untreated PMR/GCA. Weight gain is common for PMR/GCA treated with Prednisone....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1030768/
Weight loss is common for untreated PMR/GCA ... Weight gain is common for PMR/GCA treated ... Diet and exercise are the primary treatments
Discussion: Has anyone lost weight with PMR/GCA on high dose Prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 9, 2024
Welcome! Glad to meet you, though so sorry you're now joining the PMR club as well......
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1028606/
not have been related to undiagnosed GCA ... know, prednisone is the first-line treatment
Discussion: New to PMR diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 6, 2024
Hi @isabelle7, While you wait for others with experience with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), there is...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1022900/
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
Discussion: Can you split Prednisone dose for GCA?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 26, 2024
I'm amazed at everything that is being tried for PMR/GCA. I was only offered long term...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1019701/
everything that is being tried for PMR/GCA ... Medical treatment should evolve. ... It seems like PMR/GCA was left behind
Discussion: PMR inflamation management
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 21, 2024
Kevzara wasn't available for PMR when my rheumatologist wanted me to try a biologic for "refractory...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1019670/
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
Discussion: Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 21, 2024
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...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1010415/
/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
Discussion: How do I get my Rheumatologist to listen ?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 5, 2024
Hi @nyxygirl, thanks for your message. In terms of the GCA diagnosis, the doctors say I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/980672/
In terms of the GCA diagnosis, the doctors ... say I have "presumed GCA" or ... "non-cranial GCA". ... Fortunately, the treatment regime (first
Discussion: GCA conserns
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 14, 2023
My relapse wasn't really a relapse. I had been treated for GCA (first time) from February...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/974154/
I had been treated for GCA (first time ... CRP, which had fluctuated throughout treatment ... This showed that GCA was still rampant ... During the whole period of my treatment
Discussion: GCA conserns
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 2, 2023
I agree with you regarding the fact that "feeling like going out" is a sign of...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/972688/
moment I am on 40 mg Prednisolone (GCA ... feeling so very much better with the treatment
Discussion: GCA conserns
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 30, 2023
I'm blessed too because I receive Actemra infusions at the VA. The VA submits an insurance...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/954138/
Actemra is only FDA approved for GCA ... I have never been diagnosed with GCA ... deteriorated during my 12 years of treatment
Discussion: Wrist and finger pain while tapering prednisone
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 26, 2023
Perhaps prednisone is still used because corticosteroids quickly relieved symptoms of PMR and were thought to...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/949743/
I know of no other treatment that works ... proportional to dose and duration of treatment ... There weren't many alternative treatments ... during the corticosteroid era for the treatment ... some autoimmune disorders but PMR/GCA
Discussion: PMR: Are there treatment alternatives to Prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Oct 18, 2023
Don't be scared because you are not alone in having this concern. GCA is scary but...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/937162/
GCA is scary but having read comments ... people have done well overall with treatment ... back "least likely" to have GCA ... immediately put on Prednisone 60 mg for GCA
Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Sep 26, 2023
Hi @jennywren, GCA can cause stroke or blindness if untreated and a higher dosage of prednisone...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/933916/
Hi @jennywren, GCA can cause stroke ... untreated a year, then symptoms of GCA ... GCA was confirmed by a temporal artery ... returned to immediately go to the ER for treatment ... there's any such thing as mild GCA
Discussion: Does GCA ever present with mild symptoms ?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Sep 21, 2023