I’ve had PMR for 3.5 years and am down ... Am also on Actemra (a real game changer

I did not take Actemra but reading the ... literature, I would think stopping Actemra ... weaned off prednisone then stopping Actemra ... should depend on whether your PMR is ... Like Dadcue your PMR may be a lifelong

Actemra is only approved in the US for ... GCA, but I know people with PMR get ... with GCA is riskier than relapsing PMR

(GCA) and Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR ... rheumatologist recommended starting Actemra ... While my GCA/PMR symptoms remained unchanged ... between infusions, and many of my GCA/PMR ... wish you well in your battle with PMR

Did you actually taper off Actemra infusions ... I started with Actemra injections every ... another autoimmune condition but not PMR ... PMR symptoms returned at about 7 weeks ... I wouldn't say PMR relapsed but

other thing that helped was being on Actemra ... finally got off Prednisone, it was Actemra ... that kept PMR at bay so I didn' ... The advantage of being on Actemra was

Since many people with PMR have to be ... many researchers now believe that PMR ... I just finished my first year on Actemra ... I strongly prefer Actemra to prednisone ... due to the lack of side effects for Actemra

I was diagnosed with PMR/GCA at 68 yo ... have this nagging thought of how my PMR ... with GI issues was the trigger for my PMR ... Prednisone and take monthly infusions of Actemra

, muscle and joint pain not unlike PMR ... I’m also on a once a month Actemra infusion

Leflunomide sometimes works of PMR. ... be time to try a biologic DMARD for PMR ... The thread about Actemra was originally ... I'm a big fan of Actemra (tocilizumab ... A year of Actemra allowed me to taper

@dadcue has mentioned Actemra helped ... discussion here: -- Anyone tried Actemra ... (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR? ... /connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr

rheumatolgist has no plan to ever stop Actemra ... #39;t know where the exit ramp for Actemra ... I have been on Actemra for more than ... PMR and everything else flared up all ... There wasn't any Actemra available

Actemra and Kevzara both inhibit IL- ... 6, so both should help with PMR for ... both good and bad for people with PMR ... inflammation pathways, so that determines if Actemra

Maybe Kevzara or Actemra which are newer ... PMR drugs may help with no side effects

considered to be the best option for PMR ... With 12 years of PMR experience, I struggled ... least I no longer have symptoms of PMR ... Prednisone is the best and only option for PMR ... needs to be a better way to diagnose PMR

like I will be on both Prednisone and Actemra ... supposed" light at the end of the PMR

inflammatory substances that cause PMR ... Kevzara and Actemra block IL-6, which ... I take Actemra and 1 mg of prednisone ... to treat PMR and GCA. ... It' sounds like your PMR is still

I came down with full blown PMR classic ... tapering the prednisone and treat the PMR ... with drugs now being used for PMR - ... likely related to the prednisone and Actemra

When I was diagnosed with PMR/GCA in ... PMR affects everyone differently. ... I have been on Actemra infusions since ... The Actemra has allowed me to taper, ... I've learned a lot about PMR and

shingles vaccine several years before PMR ... shingles 6 months after starting Actemra ... For me that meant that the PMR &