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I was sure I fit the profile for GCA when I heard it it was more...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/197161/

I was sure I fit the profile for GCA

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 12, 2018

I believe the pred side effects worsen the longer you’re on it. I hope Actemra works...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1335382/

Best wishes to you on your GCA journey

Discussion: Temporal Arteritis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Jun 26 7:15am

Welcome @marg47, It's great to see that you have already connected with @sashakay and @jabrown0407. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/946290/

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) can be serious

Discussion: Anyone else have strange neurological symptoms with PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Oct 12, 2023

Just started again Actemra. Not sure it’s my PMR or GCA that’s flaring. Have had them...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/915091/

Not sure it’s my PMR or GCA that’s flaring

Discussion: Anyone tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? FDA approved for GCA

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Aug 18, 2023

Welcome. I was diagnosed GCA in February (no PMR). The high dose prednisone was a wild...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1315848/

I was diagnosed GCA in February (no

Discussion: PMR/GCA

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 29 1:34pm

Hi @krueg, PMR and GCA are described as "self-limiting diseases" that eventually burn themselves out. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/849353/

Hi @krueg, PMR and GCA are described ... My mother-in-law got GCA when she was

Discussion: GCA (Giant Cell Arteritis) and PMR (polymyalgia rheumatica)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Apr 25, 2023

@carol75. Hello, Carol. I've had GCA for 2 1/2 years. I don't believe Prednisone is the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/661514/

I've had GCA for 2 1/2 years. ... and was developed specifically for GCA

Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Dec 11, 2021

I HAD TEMPORARY BLINDNESS IN ONE EYE AND JAW PAIN BUT AFTER 2 days in hosp....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/197266/

I WAS TOLD NOT GCA. ... Told I have GCA. Started 60 mg.

Discussion: Medications for Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Nov 11, 2018

It sounds like you might need a higher dose if your pain isn't controlled in the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1244656/

#39;ve been receiving treatment for GCA ... prednisone, and I also take Actemra for the GCA

Discussion: Prednisone Taper

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 24 1:13pm

I'm so sorry to hear this. This is why I went into the ER to find...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/709546/

to find out if it had morphed into GCA ... below normal, the Neurologist said not GCA

Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: May 19, 2022

I was just diagnosed with GCA and taking a high dose of prednisone. I don’t know...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/943486/

I was just diagnosed with GCA and taking ... have experiences with treatment of GCA

Discussion: Does anyone have eye problems because of neuropathy?

Support Group: Neuropathy

Posted: Oct 7, 2023

Your story sounds so much like mine. I’m at 9 and definitely feeling more of the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/245752/

The fear for me is the GCA, which I ... down but not pressing it given the GCA

Discussion: PMR and the new Shingles vaccine

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Feb 24, 2021

Part of the reason is that PMR and GCA have a long history of being treated...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1257151/

Part of the reason is that PMR and GCA ... tocilizumab) was shown to be effective for GCA ... treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA ... first line treatment" for PMR and GCA

Discussion: Anyone tried Kevzara for PMR?

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: Mar 13 2:41pm

Hello, @jcb, and welcome. I'm sorry you lost part of your vision to GCA. I came...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1352606/

sorry you lost part of your vision to GCA ... I had all of the other symptoms of GCA ... had any other symptoms of PMR and GCA

Discussion: Giant Cell Arteritis Diagnosis

Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)

Posted: 5 hours ago

@pdxmac, I thought I would share a few of the available related discussions on PMR, exercise...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1114395/

moving-and-exercise-with-pmr/ -- Exercise with PMR and/or GCA ... discussion/exercise-with-pmr-andor-gca