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I would like to read a book about GCA. Can you give me the title and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/197324/

I would like to read a book about GCA

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 30, 2019

My rheumatologist told me the prednisone dosage is quite different for GCA (like double)... so you...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1264326/

prednisone dosage is quite different for GCA

Discussion: Has anyone had their voice affected by Pmr? I have read that it is.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 22 4:15pm

I experienced jaw pain for months. I kept thinking that my TMJ was acting up. Went...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/958181/

ailments were pieced together and GCA ... is of an essence when it comes to GCA

Discussion: Has anyone experienced pain in your jaw and teeth?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 3, 2023

I also found that neither ibuprofen nor naproxen had any effect on the pain due to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1335016/

month taper, first episode of PMR; no GCA

Discussion: Symptoms after you stop prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 25 1:50pm

I have been on a combination Prednisone/Actemra injection for over a year and have had no...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1173817/

I had tests done for GCA that came back ... made sense to treat for both PMR and GCA

Discussion: GCA prednisone vs. actemra infusion therapy

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 15, 2024

Hi @centralflorida, that seems a high dosage of prednisone for PMR - it's usually about 20...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1126445/

I had symptoms of PMR/GCA for a year ... and a half, then had a relapse of GCA

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 18, 2024

Hello @SusanEllen66. I can imagine your experience last weekend with losing your vision was very scary....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/732703/

discussion on Giant Cell Arteritis (or GCA ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/think-i-have-gca

Discussion: Think I have Giant Cell Arteritis (or GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jul 31, 2022

I read your response and wanted to let you know my husband was on 12.5 mg...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1037211/

he developed a very severe case of GCA

Discussion: How often does PMR progress to GCA?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 20, 2024

I honestly don't know if sporadic symptoms indicate GCA or not. At the very least it's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/759490/

know if sporadic symptoms indicate GCA

Discussion: PMR progressing to GCA? Broken vessels in eye

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 10, 2022

PMR & GCA are not really well understood at all are they? It makes it hard...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/738575/

PMR & GCA are not really well understood

Discussion: Think I have Giant Cell Arteritis (or GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 17, 2022

@charann2000 - Happy to hear that your are continuing without symptoms. Great News. I hope this...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/197200/

continues and that you do not have GCA

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 5, 2018

Thanks, @johnbishop, for your concern and support. I hope this post helps others, who tend to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1060413/

Doing that with GCA, and other disorders

Discussion: GCA Relapse - A Slow Burn

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 1, 2024

Viruses evolve. For flu and Covid, they have to keep updating the vaccines to deal with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1314949/

same year Actemra was approved for GCA ... ago, well before I developed PMR and GCA

Discussion: When in PMR remission: What's your experience with covid vaccine?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 28 1:13pm

I had PMR for about a year before being diagnosed, and GCA for about 5 months....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1324159/

a year before being diagnosed, and GCA ... injections for 10 months to treat the GCA

Discussion: New to this support group.

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 10 9:19am

Actemra is prescribed for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) patients. Kevzara was just newly developed and is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/950673/

prescribed for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA

Discussion: ESR marker raising as I reduce prednisone

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 20, 2023

I also have saline implants since 1995 and haven't had any issues. Since I started with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/758398/

Since I started with PMR and GCA I&#39

Discussion: Breast implants and PMR

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 7, 2022

It was the terminology used in the GiACTA study that led to the FDA approval of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1334569/

to the FDA approval of Actemra for GCA ... formulation of Actemra was FDA approved for GCA

Discussion: Temporal Arteritis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 24 10:06pm

This link shows all six of the recommendations for a treat-to-target (T2T) approach to treat PMR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/879884/

treat-to-target (T2T) approach to treat PMR and GCA ... GC) are the standard treatment for GCA ... cohort studies, 34–62% of people with GCA ... care. "The treatment target of GCA

Discussion: Have you been able to taper prednisone with long lasting success?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 16, 2023

I have GCA.....and it is possible to have PMR or GCA without the ESR and CRP...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/862929/

I have GCA.....and it is possible to ... have PMR or GCA without the ESR and ... that I was 'thought' to have GCA ... encountered were any more familiar with GCA

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 19, 2023

Hi @oztrax, you have a lot going on. I'm sorry for all your pain. I don't...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/831487/

's unusual for symptoms of PMR/GCA ... fatigue you described can be symptoms of GCA ... I found getting a diagnosis of GCA to

Discussion: Giant Cell Arteritis Diagnosis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 24, 2023