Intravenous administration of Actemra ... approved for giant cell arteritis (GCA ... ;s intravenous (IV) formulation of Actemra ... treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA

Were you diagnosed with PMR or GCA, ... painful body and tons of pred and Actemra

2019 I was finally diagnosed with GCA ... 80 mg of steroids and the biologic Actemra

I have GCA.....and it is possible to ... have PMR or GCA without the ESR and ... that I was 'thought' to have GCA ... 80 mg methylprednisolone along with Actemra ... forward three years later; I'm on Actemra

My rheumatologist says he considers Actemra ... I am using Acterma to taper off Prednisone ... Actemra is not officially FDA approved ... for PMR, but has been approved for GCA

That was when Actemra was tried. ... I chose Actemra to control my pain. ... Actemra was stopped and Humira was tried ... Surprisingly, Actemra was approved for ... recommendation was to treat my PMR as if it was GCA

has PMR (and may or may not have had GCA ... For any of you taking Actemra, did you ... a known and severe complication of GCA ... not have been related to undiagnosed GCA ... week, and I'm going to ask about Actemra

your rheumatologist wanted you to try Actemra ... have a friend in Maine, 86, she takes Actemra ... it is server her just fine; PMR and GCA ... I am just a GCA-er.

Hi, I have GCA~~my diagnosis was missed ... three days of IV pred, along with Actemra

It has been three years for me with GCA ... on both prednisone and Actemra. ... on some pred and probably will take Actemra

I to have pmr and gca. ... Started actemra infusions in oct. ... initial diagnosis was pmr, i didnt get gca ... seems like both the Prednisone and actemra

With PMR/GCA that isn't possible ... For PMR/GCA, you need to taper blindly ... I don't know if PMR/GCA inflammation ... It might not be just PMR/GCA. ... I hope Actemra works for you.

England J of Medicine that indicated Actemra ... pathology to PMR, but I understand Actemra ... I've been diagnosed with both GCA ... and PMR, although the GCA diagnosis

personally take a biologic called Actemra ... Actemra isn't FDA approved for PMR ... However, Actemra is FDA approved for ... GCA so my rheumatologist believed that ... targeted approach to the treatment of PMR/GCA

showed that Kaiser would pay $0 toward Actemra ... for 6 months of weekly injections of Actemra ... He says the inflamed arteries of GCA ... says that is true for PMR, but not GCA ... Perhaps the GCA damage is more permanent

prescribe, and insurance to cover, Actemra ... Hopefully, my rheumatologist will support Actemra ... originally brought the idea up of using Actemra ... may have other ideas about giving me Actemra ... the PET scan only shows PMR and not GCA

Good news on the Actemra. ... GCA is a vasculitis, and I had a tendency

same as yours, @khmc, except that my GCA ... I'm still on Actemra too, with ... might switch you over to the easier Actemra

I contracted Polymyalgia and GCA early ... Prednisone until 11/21, plus Actemra ... I reduced Actemra to every 14 days

The biologic that worked for me was Actemra ... Unfortunately, Actemra isn't FDA ... it is approved for the treatment of GCA ... I don't have GCA but I have another ... GCA and RA then it might work for PMR