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Actemra (tocilizumab) was FDA approved to treat GCA back in 2017. I was started on Actemra...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1257180/
tocilizumab) was FDA approved to treat GCA ... close association between PMR and GCA ... prednisone for 12 years and all other treatment
Discussion: Anyone tried Kevzara for PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 13, 2025
Ron, I have GCA and got diagnosed with it when I started losing my vision in...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1247358/
Ron, I have GCA and got diagnosed with ... I got treatment in time to save my vision ... for people who have been treated for GCA
Discussion: Adjusting to life with temporal arteritis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 28, 2025
Hi , as Jeff says I have non temporal , but extensive GCA & PMR diagnosed...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1241768/
have non temporal , but extensive GCA ... ) I feel fortunate to have such treatment
Discussion: Possible GCA
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 20, 2025
I agree with @jabrown0407 that your dose sounds like it is too low if you are...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1239856/
a year before being diagnosed with GCA ... starting to have vision problems from the GCA ... I regret now not getting treatment earlier ... #39;t had any pain from the PMR or GCA ... since I started treatment 8 months
Discussion: Emotional Roller Coaster and PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 18, 2025
Wow, it's really amazing that you were able to get off of prednisone so quickly. I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1238785/
top .1 percent of people for minimal treatment ... I've been under treatment for almost ... I think the Actemra has the GCA and ... rheumatologist was conservative with my treatment ... significant visual involvement with my GCA
Discussion: New to PMR diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 17, 2025
I have GCA and PMR diagnosis Nov 2024 . Immediate start on 50mg pred rapid taper...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1238721/
I have GCA and PMR diagnosis Nov 2024 ... and zero symptoms within 2 months of treatment ... Now I’m on Actemera as a mono treatment
Discussion: New to PMR diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 16, 2025
Hi, So you know, GC’s (prednisone) are the frontline treatment for GCA. MTX is a GC...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1210358/
GC’s (prednisone) are the frontline treatment ... for GCA. ... The thing with GCA is losing vision. ... from other issues that can stem from GCA
Discussion: Using methotrexate with PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 13, 2025
Thanks for this information. I have an appt this Tuesday with my rheumatologist to discuss adding...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1203771/
adding a different medication for my treatment ... 60 mg of pred in late July 2024 for GCA ... I think GCA has reared it's ugly
Discussion: How did you cope with the side effects tapering off prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 4, 2025
@curlyqlinda1, There are times when I wished I had a sauna. There have been some members...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1193969/
hear you have been diagnosed with GCA ... were always watching for symptoms of GCA ... search=GCA. ... Have you started a treatment for the ... GCA?
Discussion: Use of a sauna with PMR
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Dec 20, 2024
Kevzara is now an option for me since it was FDA approved for PMR in February...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1171767/
approved for PMR when I was offered treatment ... 2019, Actemra was FDA approved for GCA ... ;as if" I had the diagnosis of GCA ... https://www.actemra.com/gca/considerations ... /gca.html#:~:text=ACTEMRA%20is%20the
Discussion: PMR savvy doctors in Portland Oregon
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 11, 2024
I have some gut issues now, and I've had worse ones in the past. I don't...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1373331/
#39;t know if they contributed to my GCA ... I never got medical treatment for it ... PMR and GCA are probably due to different
Discussion: PMR appears in people with Commonalities, by chance?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 18, 2025
I had PMR for a year before I got diagnosed. I thought it was due to...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1371448/
started, I got additional symptoms of GCA ... being treated for PMR is developing GCA ... treated for PMR can still develop GCA ... much, much better after I started treatment ... for PMR and GCA than before.
Discussion: PMR, no drugs?
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 15, 2025