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Welcome to the Medicare system of health insurance for retirees. I don't know all the details...
Actemra can be given by a monthly infusion ... Actemra is FDA approved for the treatment ... Actemra would not be covered for PMR ... because it isn't FDA approved for PMR ... programs to help cover the cost of Actemra
Posted: Sep 12, 2024
You can probably find a rheumatologist that would be happy to prescribe low dose Prednisone to...
said this prior to wanting me to try Actemra ... #34;short term" medication for PMR ... People with PMR need to advocate for ... Fortunately, I agreed to try Actemra ... #34; being on a monthly infusion of Actemra
Posted: Aug 21, 2024
this would be just my take on it./ IL-6 has been found to be active in...
been found to be active in cases of PMR ... Kevzara is the PMR drug and Actemra ... Here was a comment from the Actemra ... ACTEMRA is designed to block IL-6 from
Posted: Aug 12, 2024
What doses of Prednisone did you take for asthma? My first dose of Prednisone was at...
That didn't work for PMR. ... rheumatologist clarified it and said PMR ... However, long term Prednisone for PMR ... was 12 years for me until Actemra was ... on a "long term basis" for PMR
Posted: Aug 6, 2024
Kevzara and Actemra are new biologics that insurance may cover. Usually if you have tried methotrexate...
Kevzara and Actemra are new biologics ... they have determined to be active in PMR ... to keep the inflammation down or a PMR ... They can restart PMR. ... He used Actemra and was finally able
Posted: Aug 2, 2024
@hopeful33250 You're very welcome! My husband has steroid-induced osteoporosis, something we had never heard of until...
He was diagnosed with PMR (Polymyalgia ... With PMR, he was put on 30 mg prednisone ... with the help of a weekly injection Actemra
Posted: Jul 26, 2024
Yes ... I started Actemra (tocilizumab) more than five years ago on January 1st 2019. I...
then after 12 years of prednisone for PMR ... had other problems in addition to PMR ... It is difficult to find PMR patients ... atorvastatin for years ... soon after PMR ... Nobody ever blamed PMR for causing my
Trigeminal Neuralgia was dreadful. I didn't ever know when those flares would happen. The wind was...
trigeminal neuralgia might have triggered PMR ... I thought PMR was a blessing because ... Until PMR was diagnosed, I had to wait ... Actemra allowed me to get off Prednisone
@dadcue Wow! I'm sorry it took so long to get PMR under control. I just wonder...
#39;m sorry it took so long to get PMR ... Diagnosed with PMR in May 2023, 30 mg ... He started Actemra a few months ago
@dadcue I had no idea you've been through so much!! And for so long. I'm so...
;s able to taper more quickly with Actemra ... Last time we tapered on PMR to 12.5 ... I'm so glad to hear Actemra is a
I don't know how to control "all other factors being equal." I don't think it exists...
sure if it is something inherent to PMR ... term Prednisone for the treatment of PMR ... For me at least, I wish Actemra had ... Technically Actemra still isn't ... an option for PMR but it is for GCA.
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
well thats the thing. just like what started the disease everyone is different. I think there...
think there can be different levels of PMR ... like I was pretty lucky to have my PMR ... for 10 plus years and still taking Actemra ... symptoms, I would say likely your PMR
Posted: Jun 25, 2024
@pargeo47 I can only speak from our experience - my husband is the one with PMR....
experience - my husband is the one with PMR ... arteritis - something about 25% of PMR ... 2024 tapering now to 20 (also taking Actemra ... That's the goal here, and the Actemra ... All these drugs, including Actemra (
Posted: Jun 16, 2024
I agree with everything that has already been posted. I'm not sure how much my experience...
not sure how much my experience with Actemra ... When I tapered off Prednisone, Actemra ... prednisone being the "only option for PMR ... of Prednisone weren't like a PMR ... PMR was controlled well but "other
Controversial subjects don't have to be toxic. A "healthy debate" is a good thing. I still...
think about a "self proclaimed PMR ... disputing my personal experience with Actemra ... Whether or not you try Actemra is a ... My adrenals were struggling but Actemra
Posted: Jun 12, 2024
I need to ask how long you took prednisone before Kevzara was started. Research studies usually...
I have taken Actemra for more than ... I had relapses when Actemra was stopped ... rheumatologist doesn't have a plan to stop Actemra ... I still do a monthly infusions of Actemra ... have any serious side effects from Atemra