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I have been taking Actemra (tocilizumab) for almost 4 years. I have been mostly off prednisone...
I have been taking Actemra (tocilizumab ... Actemra was prescribed for PMR but my ... I now only take Actemra I started ... Actemra has controlled my PMR symptoms ... My dose of Actemra has been adjusted
I had normal SED rate for the first year I had PMR. Only CRP was elevated....
SED rate for the first year I had PMR ... three months into the biologic drug Actemra ... All my PMR pain is gone. ... prednisone that is definitive for PMR
Posted: Oct 3, 2022
I have taken Actemra for the last 4 years. I got off prednisone about 3 years...
I have taken Actemra for the last 4 ... ;m still relatively pain free from PMR ... infection while on prednisone with PMR
Discussion: PMR and exhaustion
Posted: Jan 12, 2023
Thanks for these comments. My insurer and medical provider are the same entity, Kaiser Permanente. Getting...
showed that Kaiser would pay $0 toward Actemra ... for 6 months of weekly injections of Actemra ... rheumatologist says that is true for PMR
How did you feel about PMR being treated with prednisone? I still struggle with that issue...
How did you feel about PMR being treated ... never against taking prednisone for PMR ... against prednisone but now I think Actemra ... My rheumatologist said Acterma wasn& ... My ophthalmologist said Actemra wasn
I don’t think the FDA distinguishes between zero positive or negative RA. Either seems to be...
Either seems to be approved for Actemra ... drugs over more than four years that Actemra ... be long before it is approved for PMR
@karinaph, oh gosh, I texted my last response to you before I read this one of...
Yes, the literature states that Actemra ... rheumatologist, who then prescribed Actemra ... tapering off Prednisone, but now only on Actemra ... coincidence your having GCA as well as PMR ... asking if I had been diagnosed with PMR
Posted: Feb 24, 2021
Hello @rkprice, Sorry to hear you have been struggling with your PMR and tapering off of...
you have been struggling with your PMR ... used with both of my occurrences of PMR ... - Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat ... PMR?? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr
What biologic was tried?? The only biologic that I'm aware of and the only one that...
one that is FDA approved for GCA is Actemra ... I was diagnosed with PMR in 2008 so ... don't know for sure if it was PMR ... In early 2019, Actemra (tocilizumab) ... Actemra (tocilizumab) was restarted
Discussion: PMR coming back?
Posted: Aug 13, 2020
I first started Actemra (tocilizumab) on January 1st, 2019. I liked the symbolism of starting a...
I first started Actemra (tocilizumab ... had never heard of any biologic for PMR ... When I started the Actemra injections ... while on Humira but the pain from PMR ... I still take Actemra injections every
I was diagnosed about 5 yrs. ago with PMR/and possible GCA. I've taken prednisone for all...
was diagnosed about 5 yrs. ago with PMR ... prednisone for all of that time along with Actemra
Posted: Jun 18, 2021
Actemra is expensive indeed. To partially offset this, Genentech, the corporation that produces Actemra, covers up...
Actemra is expensive indeed. ... Genentech, the corporation that produces Actemra ... disease which is closely related to PMR
Posted: Apr 23, 2023
I personally take a biologic called Actemra (tocilizumab). My rheumatologist had to get authorization to prescribe...
Actemra isn't FDA approved for PMR ... should work for PMR too. ... approved by the FDA for the treatment of PMR ... targeted approach to the treatment of PMR ... had when I was taking prednisone for PMR
Posted: Apr 23, 2023