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@judycrocco I just saw your question and I am also using Actemra and Methotrexate for GCA....
using Actemra and Methotrexate for GCA ... has not yet been approved for the treatment ... of GCA and therefore the insurance
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jul 25 11:25am
@momac59 sorry I’m late to this topic but feel the need to respond. Yes, a lot...
reading about above are also present in GCA ... I too take a biologic for my GCA and ... 40%+ of patients with PMR also have GCA ... autoimmune diseases that require immediate treatment
Do you live in the US? If so, there should be financial assistance to help you...
for almost a year, and undiagnosed GCA ... Once I started treatment at 60 mg of ... recommended for people with PMR and GCA
@notaquita I have to respond to your and @ella76 posts since I am going through treatment...
ella76 posts since I am going through treatment ... rheumatica (PMR) since my 6th BCG treatment ... oncologist has stopped the BCG maintenance treatmens ... can lead to Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... lost her eyesight in both eyes from GCA
Support Group: Bladder Cancer
Posted: Jul 7 8:24am
@tapamil65 That is the great thing that is currently changing about how PMR and GCA are...
currently changing about how PMR and GCA ... expects some kind of guarantee the treatment ... medications that can be used to treat PMR/GCA
@jgk177 hi, ive had non stop medical issues since 2020 and no doc, and ive seen...
cancer, no blood cancer and their treatment ... worse and worse so ER and worried its GCA ... Temporal Arterial biopsies to rule out GCA ... episode that lasted weeks, once neg for GCA
Support Group: Aging Well
Posted: Jul 13 7:30am
10 years is long enough! Find a good Rheumatologist & and Endocrinologist which can be hard...
right tests which leads to the right treatment ... sick with a new autoimmune disease, GCA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jul 8 8:09am
@dadcue and all.. Well, aren't you the super dude! Look what you were able to do...
Sarcoid, Vasculitis, PMR, GCA, 3 aneurysms ... of fighting for his diagnosis and treatment
Posted: Jul 19 2:30pm
Just got out of 2 weeks in Mayo due to autoimmune FIRESTORM!! Ive had Lupus for...
new one that git me to the ER was GCA ... Ultrasound or other tests did not show GCA ... As I was responding to treatment Dr.
Posted: May 20 9:00am
@dadcue Mike, I read your posts often and appreciate your insights and experience. I am overwhelmed...
Then GCA came along. ... The different treatment approaches and ... take indicates to me that PMR and GCA
Posted: Jun 14 8:08am
@kayept What surgery are you talking about? Do you mean the biopsy for GCA? If you...
Do you mean the biopsy for GCA? ... If you have PMR what drug treatment ... you on since steroids can mask the GCA ... Another question would be what treatment ... GCA is naughty and a result of my Dx
Discussion: GCA conserns
Posted: Jun 21 9:04am
Good question!! Personally, I do monthly Actemra infusions and I have been on Actemra since 2019....
have a sustained remission of PMR/GCA ... Life_after_tocilizumab_given_for_giant_cell_arteritis_a_patient_survey_and_argument_for_re-treatment
Discussion: Kevzara Tapering?
Posted: May 31 1:05pm
@sassysaveur I am sorry you are going thru the "not convinced cycle". I on the other...
I on the other hand did not have GCA ... one leading teaching hospital to Dx GCA ... another problem which will require treatment ... me I have no eye damage or signs of GCA
Posted: May 25 12:34pm
@firestorm7 Can I ask where you live? I ask because I myself have been through that...
new more serious autoimmune disease; GCA ... been home, still recuperating but treatment ... over the world to get answers & treatment
Support Group: Infectious Diseases
Posted: Jun 16 11:22am
@momac59 I've been receiving treatment for GCA and PMR for 2 years. I also started at...
@momac59 I've been receiving treatment ... for GCA and PMR for 2 years. ... symptoms or flares since I started treatment
Discussion: Predisone
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jun 29 9:34am