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I have GCA, and started Actemra infusions Feb. 2025. About 3 months ago, Medicare switched the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1514645/
I have GCA, and started Actemra infusions
@randersonccc Just my opinion about Actemra along with some personal experience. Actemra is a "targeted" biologic...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1517810/
that seems to work well for PMR/GCA ... Actemra was only targeting PMR. ... Sometimes it is said that PMR/GCA involves ... What I'm trying to say is PMR/GCA ... occurring and co-existing with PMR/GCA
@jeff97 I have never been diagnosed with GCA ... only uveitis. I don't know precisely how...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1519694/
I have never been diagnosed with GCA ... Part of the reason I'm still on Actemra ... ophthalmologist doesn't think Actemra ... flares again, I would rather stay on Actemra ... ophthalmologist reassures me it isn't GCA
@kayept The link works without the period at the end. Otherwise, as written, it doesn't go...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521735/
The efficacy of biologicals in GCA cannot ... ---
Ask your rheumatologist about Actemra ... tocilizumab) if you are diagnosed with GCA ... less reliance on Prednisone to treat GCA
@emrose If you start Rinvoq ... please let everyone know how it works. These newer medications...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1522269/
Actemra is given by a weekly injection ... treatments for GCA and both will likely ... It was FDA approved for GCA in April ... treated with newer medications for PMR/GCA ... Other PMR/GCA forums are dominated with
@elleninz I started Tyenne in January. My doctor Dx GCA in early Nov and tried to...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1523650/
My doctor Dx GCA in early Nov and tried ... to start me on Actemra then. ... I had asymptomatic GCA so did not need ... same active ingredient in it that Actemra ... only difference I found between the Actemra
Two weeks ago, I switched to Tyenne injections after 15 months on Actemra for GCA. I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1508855/
Tyenne injections after 15 months on Actemra ... for GCA.
I take the biologic drug Actemra (Tocilizumab) for Giant Cell Arteritis. Actemra was approved for GCA...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1510166/
I take the biologic drug Actemra (Tocilizumab ... Actemra was approved for GCA in 2017 ... There are some other biosimilars to Actemra ... been taking weekly self-injections of Actemra ... The Actemra allowed me to get off of
I had undiagnosed PMR for about 6 months before I developed symptoms of GCA. The GCA...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1511499/
with prednisone and then additionally Actemra ... I still take Actemra self-injections ... like your wife could take monthly Actemra ... But Actemra can take up to 3 months ... treat her in the meantime until the Actemra
In July 2024, I was diagnosed with PMR/GCA and began 60 mg. of Prednisone daily. With...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1510902/
July 2024, I was diagnosed with PMR/GCA ... With the help of monthly Actemra infusions
@jr46 I'm sorry you developed GCA in addition to PMR. I also have both of them....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1519952/
@jr46 I'm sorry you developed GCA ... rheumatologist added weekly injections of Actemra ... had very few side effects from the Actemra ... know if that's from age (72), the Actemra ... , the PMR and GCA, or something else
Hi, I was diagnosed with GCA last October. I was already on prednisone, down to 9...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1522214/
Hi, I was diagnosed with GCA last October ... back up to 60 mg and started me on Actemra
@jeff97 -- Thanks for taking the time to reply with this reassuring report of your experience....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1518970/
diminishing dose of prednisone and actemra ... Because the jaw pain was the main GCA ... when I was first worked up for the GCA
@cazwell50 I started taking Prednisone in July 2024, 60 mg./day for PMR/GCA. I started a slow...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1524384/
/day for PMR/GCA. ... With the help of Actemra infusions,
I'd like to update to my original post. I went for a follow through with my...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1516829/
This heightened his concern about GCA ... however, he is still concerned about GCA ... He also asked if I would consider Actemra ... interested in the taper stories, but GCA
@pah17 I'm still taking weekly Actemra injections. I'll be taking them weekly for 4 more months,...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1517680/
@pah17 I'm still taking weekly Actemra ... symptoms or flares of the PMR and GCA
I started Actemra infusions in January 2025. At that time, my rheumatologist told me that I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1524388/
I started Actemra infusions in January ... showed, individuals who quit taking Actemra ... had a 50% chance of recurrence of GCA ... Since starting Actemra, I was getting
Tocilizumab (Tyenne/Actemra) doesn't work completely for everyone. People have different amounts of the inflammatory substances that...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1506913/
Tocilizumab (Tyenne/Actemra) doesn' ... inflammatory substances that cause PMR and GCA ... Actemra has worked very well for me. ... way through a 3 year plan of using Actemra ... to treat GCA (at a minimum).
@retiredphil Kevzara is approved to treat PMR, and Actemra is approved for GCA. They both block...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1507640/
Kevzara is approved to treat PMR, and Actemra ... is approved for GCA.
Actemra (tocilizumab) works well for me. Actemra is available as a monthly infusion which I have...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1511478/
Actemra (tocilizumab) works well for ... some questions about "possible GCA ... didn't make the case that I had GCA ... I doubt GCA would have ever developed ... "as if" he was treating GCA
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