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Are you still taking Enbrel for AS and uveitis? Are you also taking prednisone for PMR?...
Are you also taking prednisone for PMR ... Actemra is working for me. ... After PMR was diagnosed, I was never ... When Actemra worked so well, I tapered ... It was my choice to go back on Actemra
Posted: Feb 18, 2023
Interesting!!! I have had PMR for almost five years. On Actemra which has been a miracle...
I have had PMR for almost five years ... On Actemra which has been a miracle ... The possible connection to PMR fascinates
I don't have RA so I can't speak with any experience about RA. However, I'm somewhat...
inflammatory arthritis that coexist with PMR ... it didn't seem to work well for PMR ... Actemra (tocilizumab) is an IL-6 receptor ... blocker and it worked well for PMR ... What happens when a person with both PMR
Discussion: PMR and RA
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Feb 10, 2023
I'm in the same boat. I was diagnosed with spondylitis about 30 years ago. I also...
years ago when I was diagnosed with PMR ... off prednisone, a biologic called Actemra ... now everything is being managed with Actemra ... I have taken Actemra for 4 years and ... serious side effects while taking Actemra
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jan 31, 2023
I have taken Actemra for the last 4 years. I got off prednisone about 3 years...
I have taken Actemra for the last 4 ... ;m still relatively pain free from PMR ... infection while on prednisone with PMR
Discussion: PMR and exhaustion
Posted: Jan 12, 2023
There is another discussion that you might find helpful -- Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR??: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr/...
discussion that you might find helpful -- Actemra ... (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR?? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr ... help reduce the need for steroids in PMR ... biologics-may-help-reduce-the-need-for-steroids-in-pmr
Posted: Dec 25, 2022
The biologic that worked for me was Actemra. Unfortunately, Actemra isn't FDA approved for the treatment...
Unfortunately, Actemra isn't FDA ... approved for the treatment of PMR. ... inflammatory arthritis along with PMR ... work for my case of chronic PMR and ... GCA and RA then it might work for PMR
Posted: Dec 21, 2022
Anybody dealing with Pred tapering w/ both PMR & GCA? Am tapering down while also on...
dealing with Pred tapering w/ both PMR ... Am tapering down while also on Actmera ... (No PMR flares.) ... associated with Pred withdrawal and/or Actemra
I have been taking Actemra (tocilizumab) for almost 4 years. I have been mostly off prednisone...
I have been taking Actemra (tocilizumab ... Actemra was prescribed for PMR but my ... I now only take Actemra I started ... Actemra has controlled my PMR symptoms ... My dose of Actemra has been adjusted
I had my first visit with him about 8 weeks ago. I gave him a very...
of my last 3 1/2-year history with PMR ... got the notice about the denial for Actemra ... responded that I wanted to appeal the Actemra
I had normal SED rate for the first year I had PMR. Only CRP was elevated....
SED rate for the first year I had PMR ... three months into the biologic drug Actemra ... All my PMR pain is gone. ... prednisone that is definitive for PMR
Posted: Oct 3, 2022
I was diagnosed about 5 yrs. ago with PMR/and possible GCA. I've taken prednisone for all...
was diagnosed about 5 yrs. ago with PMR ... prednisone for all of that time along with Actemra
Posted: Jun 18, 2021
@karinaph, oh gosh, I texted my last response to you before I read this one of...
Yes, the literature states that Actemra ... rheumatologist, who then prescribed Actemra ... tapering off Prednisone, but now only on Actemra ... coincidence your having GCA as well as PMR ... asking if I had been diagnosed with PMR
Posted: Feb 24, 2021
Hello @rkprice, Sorry to hear you have been struggling with your PMR and tapering off of...
you have been struggling with your PMR ... used with both of my occurrences of PMR ... - Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat ... PMR?? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr