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Actemra is helping me to taper off of prednisone at a faster rate. I started Actemra...
Actemra is helping me to taper off of ... I started Actemra when I was taking ... I take weekly injections of Actemra. ... Key points about Actemra and IL-6: ... inflamation that can affect PMR and GCA
Posted: Dec 30, 2024
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
Yes. I was always going 110 mph. And then last spring I couldn't do an hour...
of prednisone due to the suspected GCA ... 7 mg. of Prednisone and have had 4 Actemra
Posted: Apr 28 9:23pm
I would be talking to my rheumatologist about this - both times I was paused was...
As a side note the Actemra was decided ... after I had an apparent GCA attack ... to 16mg Prednisone when I began the Actemra
Posted: Apr 1 4:36pm
My experience with Actemra has been very positive. I've been on Actemra since April 2024 due...
My experience with Actemra has been ... I've been on Actemra since April ... 2024 due to a GCA diagnosis; the disease ... Actemra has been very successful, with ... All of that went away with Actemra.
Discussion: Actrema advice
Posted: Mar 4 10:36am
I'm sorry you lost part of your vision. I had several instances of temporary vision loss...
temporary vision loss in one eye from GCA ... started taking weekly injections of Actemra ... a month after I was diagnosed with GCA
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