purely on personal experience with Actemra ... for 12 years without Actemra. ... Actemra allowed me to decrease my prednisone ... This happened while Actemra enabled ... as I know, PMR is now in complete remission

Actemra made it easier for me --- it ... without Actemra and I had no success ... Now Actemra keeps all my autoimmune ... Currently, remission is being maintained ... with a monthly infusion of Actemra

do you know when you have achieved remission ... I took prednisone for more than 12 years ... When I tapered down to zero prednisone ... , I soon had to go back on prednisone ... being treated with a biologic called Actemra

only about half of the patients on Actemra ... were able to get to 0 mg of prednisone ... able to achieve a "sustained remission ... " in 52 weeks compared to Prednisone ... for remission was much less and also

Actemra ... not Kevzara. ... on the same inflammation pathway as Actemra ... taking Actemra --- I tapered by 1 mg ... Actemra has kept everything in remission ... when I remain on Actemra.

Does anyone have a "sustained remission ... They were pro-prednisone and anti-Actemra ... working" and I wanted to be off prednisone ... In the short term, prednisone wasn&#39 ... I tapered off prednisone within a year

For GCA, people doing the slower prednisone ... tapers aren't on Actemra (tocilizumab ... are several advantages to being on Actemra ... . 1) people are able to taper off prednisone ... is less, 3) a sustained remission lasts

PMR never went into remission during ... I was on Actemra (tocilizumab) at 65 ... Actemra seems to work for all my autoimmune ... PMR is still being treated with Actemra ... instead of Prednisone.

The unfortunate side effect of Prednisone ... I could achieve remission within a week ... or two and I was off prednisone again ... When my chronic PMR was treated with Actemra ... , remission was achieved in a couple

Rheumatologist put me on Actemra in ... 2024 to help wean off prednisone (steriod ... I had been on prednisone for a year ... Actemra (not a steriod) infusion takes ... could be harder to get PMR to go into remission

until Actemra was tried. ... criticized my doctor for treating me with Actemra ... instead of Prednisone. ... The experts said Prednisone was the ... to achieve remission of PMR and it

had to be on a sustained low dose prednisone ... I also had to be able to hold my Prednisone ... /GCA to do if they aren't in remission ... I was always on prednisone doses of ... Now Actemra is FDA approved for GCA

jlo2252, I'm also grateful for prednisone ... flare ups of PMR which has been in remission ... rheumatologist wants to get you off of prednisone ... and start Actemra. ... search=actemra%20for%20pmr.

term use of Prednisone made things ... m now doing a monthly infusion of Actemra ... Even after Actemra was tried, it took ... PMR might be in remission thanks to ... Actemra.

injections every 2 weeks at the start on Actemra ... I needed to go back on prednisone for ... I was off prednisone again within a ... long as I did weekly injections of Actemra ... , I had a sustained remission.

It is really good to be off Prednisone ... medical literature about discontinuing Actmera ... The main GCA/Actemra study in the New ... 12 months, and about 50% staying in remission ... While Actemra seems to have fairly minimal

Were you off prednisone at the time ... problems with infections when I combined prednisone ... discontinue the DMARD and increase my prednisone ... I was able to get off prednisone relatively ... stopping it because PMR seems to be in remission

How are you doing with Actemra? ... I think you were lucky to start Actemra ... I wish I could have tried Actemra much ... Maybe if remission could have been achieved ... have a better chance for a long term remission

Have you looked into treatment with Actemra ... effective in helping people get off Prednisone ... and go into remission. ... events when it is used to taper with Prednisone ... are less than with Prednisone alone

Has your doctor given you prednisone ... pain disappears with 1-2 days once on prednisone ... I am finally in remission because of ... a wonder biologic called Actemra.