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@carlarosie Hello and welcome to this PMR forum! There are some very knowledgeable people here that...
If you have concerns about GCA I would ... asking your rheumatologist about the Actemra ... Actemra is the FDA approved drug for ... GCA and will also help you taper your
Posted: Sep 24, 2024
Kevzara (sarilumab) is self administered by an injection under the skin -- it isn't given as...
It is FDA approved for PMR but not GCA ... It is FDA approved for GCA but not PMR ... I had a great results from Actemra ... I have no side effects from Actemra. ... I started with Actemra injections and
Posted: Sep 23, 2024
No real insight except to say Actemra works well for me. I'm glad you were able...
No real insight except to say Actemra ... Actemra can be stopped easily so there ... Actemra doesn't suppress the adrenals ... for the treatment of GCA regardless ... of whether Actemra works for them or
Posted: Sep 20, 2024
Unfortunately you can't simply stop taking prednisone. Methotrexate might help you get off Prednisone sooner if...
I am taking a biologic called Actemra ... Actemra (tocilizumab) allowed me to ... I will be on Actemra for as long as ... for GCA. ... from biologics to treat both PMR and GCA
Posted: Aug 27, 2024
Actemra (tocilizumab) is FDA approved for GCA. Kevzara (Sarilumab) is FDA approved for PMR. Both these...
Actemra (tocilizumab) is FDA approved ... for GCA. ... biologics "might work" for PMR or GCA ... #34;will work." I was given Actemra ... would be treated "as if" I had GCA
@charlotte61 , @trina24 , @nancy53 I know having PMR and worrying about GCA is frightening. But...
know having PMR and worrying about GCA ... My husband had PMR then developed GCA ... About 50% of people with GCA will ... My husband has PMR and developed GCA ... is still tapering with the help of Actemra
Posted: Jul 11, 2024
I'm currently doing Actema infusions for "refractory PMR." I was on prednisone for more than 12...
I'm currently doing Actema infusions ... without ever being diagnosed with GCA ... There might have been the suspicion of GCA ... Since Actemra isn't FDA approved ... ;as you would treat a patient with GCA
@galyn Thanks for your response. We have since changed rheumatologists and the new one said to...
definitely split the dose, even for GCA ... tapered down now to 20 mg and is on Actemra ... So glad you don't have GCA!!
Posted: Jun 21, 2024
@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 ... s tapered to 30 mg now with weekly Actemra ... believe me when I suspected he had GCA
Posted: May 23, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR late 2015 with prednisone the drug of "choice" . After about...
in my life , I was diagnosed with GCA ... on 6mg prednisolone daily and 10mg Actemra ... Actemra seems not to have given me any
@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 ... He's also getting Actemra injections ... the other day that someone received Actemra
I'm not sure how many people are interested or how many people who have GCA are...
interested or how many people who have GCA ... are currently being treated with Actemra ... Actemra is FDA approved for GCA but ... I had an excellent response to Actemra ... Actemra was a huge step in the right
Were you on Actemra for GCA? Did Actemra help with getting GCA into remission? I was...
Were you on Actemra for GCA? ... Did Actemra help with getting GCA into ... Actemra was FDA approved for GCA in ... like you would treat a patient with GCA ... though I was never diagnosed with GCA
Methotrexate is commonly used in the USA too. Actemra isn't used so much because it hasn't...
Actemra isn't used so much because ... rheumatologist requested a waiver to get Actemra ... because I was diagnosed with PMR but not GCA ... Actemra worked for me and I was able ... restrictions for how long I can be on Actemra