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Are you doing Actemra infusions to treat PMR or GCA or both? Have you reduced your...
Are you doing Actemra infusions to treat ... PMR or GCA or both? ... your prednisone dose since starting Actemra ... The effects of Actemra are more subtle ... It is hard to know what Actemra does
Discussion: Actemra
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Dec 29, 2024
For people following this discussion, you may also be interested in these related discussions: - Just...
related discussions: - Just Started Actemra ... / - How hard is it to get on Actemra ... / - Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab ... FDA approved for GCA: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr
Posted: Dec 23, 2024
Kevzara Connect cut me off as well. Compared to you I guess my insurance company offered...
looking for evidence that I that I have GCA ... cell arteritis) so he could get me on Actemra ... creative documentation" to get me on Actemra ... and have had a biopsy to look for GCA ... people with PMR who have sub-clinical GCA
I will defer to people who have actually taken Kevzara. I'm on a similar biologic called...
#39;m on a similar biologic called Actemra ... in the sense that both Kevzara and Actemra ... cytokine that is implicated in PMR and GCA ... general information about PMR and GCA
Posted: Nov 27, 2024
I personally don't think Actemra will work if Kevzara didn't work. That doesn't mean you shouldn't...
I personally don't think Actemra ... For me, Actemra was only tried as a ... Actemra still isn't FDA approved ... research that showed it was helping GCA ... GCA then Actemra "should work&#34
Discussion: Start Actemra?
Posted: Nov 27, 2024
"Interesting because a lot of people with pmr have gca." ------------ That was basically why my...
because a lot of people with pmr have gca ... though I was never diagnosed with GCA ... For me to get Actemra for PMR, it needed ... "as if" I had GCA. ... to treat GCA patients.
Posted: Nov 27, 2024
Yes, Therese. I did. It was inconclusive for GCA but did find minimal Rt. Carotid occlusion...
It was inconclusive for GCA but did ... Also ordering Actemra when this bozo ... I really do believe I have GCA, headaches ... biopsy but in this town I think the Actemra
Posted: Nov 20, 2024
It really is an exciting "new age" in PMR/GCA research. Five years ago, my rheumatolgist wasn't...
exciting "new age" in PMR/GCA ... wasn't overly confident about Actemra ... another forum about treating PMR with Actemra ... was booted off that forum because Actemra ... pertinent to them after I reported Actemra
Posted: Sep 15, 2024
Welcome to the Medicare system of health insurance for retirees. I don't know all the details...
Actemra can be given by a monthly infusion ... Actemra is FDA approved for the treatment ... of GCA so it would be covered by Medicare ... Actemra would not be covered for PMR ... programs to help cover the cost of Actemra
Posted: Sep 12, 2024
this would be just my take on it./ IL-6 has been found to be active in...
found to be active in cases of PMR and GCA ... Kevzara is the PMR drug and Actemra ... works better on GCA. ... Here was a comment from the Actemra ... ACTEMRA is designed to block IL-6 from
Posted: Aug 12, 2024
@hopeful33250 You're very welcome! My husband has steroid-induced osteoporosis, something we had never heard of until...
Rheumatica) in 5/2023 and then with GCA ... by the time he was diagnosed with GCA ... When he developed GCA it became very ... with the help of a weekly injection Actemra
Posted: Jul 26, 2024
@dadcue Wow! I'm sorry it took so long to get PMR under control. I just wonder...
I just wonder if you also had GCA and ... tapering to 12.5 mg, then developed GCA ... He started Actemra a few months ago