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

everyone looked for a positive biopsy for GCA ... And Actemra.

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

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

they're less painful than his Actemra ... injections (weekly) for his GCA.

untreated many can have symptoms of GCA ... one of the biologics like Kevzara or Actemra

He's taking Actemra which is a weekly ... injection the FDA approved for GCA

My husband is the one with PMR, GCA ... they're planning to keep him on Actemra

I just wonder if you also had GCA and ... tapering to 12.5 mg, then developed GCA ... He started Actemra a few months ago

;s able to taper more quickly with Actemra ... tapered on PMR to 12.5 he developed GCA ... I'm so glad to hear Actemra is a

For me at least, I wish Actemra had ... Technically Actemra still isn't ... an option for PMR but it is for GCA.

story short, he was diagnosed with GCA ... Especially with the GCA which can become ... 2024 tapering now to 20 (also taking Actemra ... That's the goal here, and the Actemra ... All these drugs, including Actemra (

Actemra was FDA approved for GCA but ... so my rheumatologist needed to get Actemra ... I almost refused Actemra because some ... breaking the rules" by giving me Actemra ... many Europeans are now getting PMR/GCA

side-effects my husband gets from prednisone, Actemra ... have not see any side-effects from Actemra ... is behind the times on some info re GCA

. --- Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab ... FDA approved for GCA: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... /discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr

Actemra hasn't ever been FDA approved ... and subsequent approval of Actemra ... by the FDA for the treatment of GCA. ... but plenty of patients who have GCA ... My rheumatologist believed Actemra &

diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... still on high-dose prednisone and Actemra ... Chief of Rheumatology) what caused his GCA ... and started feeling the symptoms of GCA

Your symptoms sound like GCA. ... 're not on Prednisone with the Acterma ... I just started 40 mg for a GCA relapse ... of symptoms more dramatically than GCA

Not many people with PMR/GCA can do ... people on long term prednisone for PMR/GCA ... maintain my 3 mg dose of prednisone after Actemra ... rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA ... remission as symptoms can resemble PMR/GCA

imagine how difficult your journey with GCA ... You mentioned they are going to try Actemra ... have shared their experience: --- Actemra ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr ... / Have you started on Actemra yet