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My maternal aunt and I both had PMR/GCA. Mine started in 2020, after an ankle injury....
My maternal aunt and I both had PMR/ ... GCA. ... injured her back prior to onset of her PMR ... /GCA. ... Ancestry, and also some French, also had GCA
Posted: Jul 8, 2025
Chronic inflammation is bad but so is chronic Prednisone use. There are other ways to treat...
to be the "only option" for PMR ... Biologics are being tried for PMR. ... ---------------------- In theory, PMR ... PMR is generally manageable and the ... complications like those associated with GCA
Posted: Jul 3, 2025
Hi John, Thank you for your welcome message. I feel like I have been in PT...
Prior to my PMR onset I was working ... But once I initially got PMR & GCA ... since I had lost 30 lbs with initial PMR ... and thought maybe that triggered a PMR
Posted: Jun 8, 2025
My maternal aunt had GCA. My mother's family was primarily southern Italian descent. My mother in...
My maternal aunt had GCA. ... My mother in law had GCA. ... I read that the highest rates of GCA ... /PMR in the US are in Minnesota, and ... The earliest documentation of GCA was
Posted: May 30, 2025
My brother-in-law developed PMR about 12 years ago. I developed PMR about 2 years ago, and...
My brother-in-law developed PMR about ... I developed PMR about 2 years ago, and ... GCA one year ago.
Posted: May 29, 2025
Don’t settle! You are so right and much appreciate that reminder! Having GCA does add another...
Having GCA does add another layer of ... retrospectively, that I may have had PMR ... happy to hear that you cured your PMR
Support Group: Aortic Aneurysms
Posted: May 10, 2025
@terrym Why do you see an endocrinologist? I was originally referred to an endocrinologist when I...
happen but nothing remotely like a PMR ... monthly Actemra infusion to control PMR ... Kevzara is FDA approved for PMR and ... Actemra is only FDA approved for GCA ... that was recently FDA approved for GCA
Discussion: Tapering pain
Posted: May 6, 2025
Methotrexate was tried about 10 years ago. Leflunomide came next. There was sulfasalazine and multiple NSAIDs...
Actemra was FDA approved for GCA and ... rheumatologist said "should work" for PMR ... 12 years of taking Prednisone for PMR
I was diagnosed with PMR and possible GCA at 68 yo in July 2024. Was on...
I was diagnosed with PMR and possible ... GCA at 68 yo in July 2024. ... things I have no control over and PMR
In retrospect ... I think the common denominator was inflammation. It doesn't really matter what diagnosis...
specific diagnosis although she said PMR ... For PMR/GCA the IL-6 cytokine is implicated ... IL-6 cytokine also has stopped my PMR
Posted: Apr 25, 2025
"I agree that exercise has been very beneficial while being sick with and receiving treatment for...
sick with and receiving treatment for GCA ... and PMR. ... muscle soreness (DOMS) was caused by PMR ... Not that much is known about PMR/GCA ... /GCA.
Posted: Apr 12, 2025