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I have been receiving treatment for GCA and PMR for 11 months. I started at 60...
have been receiving treatment for GCA ... I also take Actemra injections weekly ... #39;t had any pain from the PMR or GCA
Posted: May 22 9:43am
I’m sorry I don’t have any experience with anti viral medicine. You mentioned you were diagnosed...
mentioned you were diagnosed with PMR and GCA ... My Rheumatologist is talking about GCA ... he wants me to take injections of Actimra ... sharing how you were diagnosed with GCA ... your symptoms that told Dr you had GCA
Posted: Feb 22 9:09am
My rheumatologist said basically the same thing. I thought he had me confused for someone else...
Actemra gave me a new lease on life ... anymore as long as I do a monthly Actemra ... suggests a more chronic nature of GCA ... than the existing expectation that GCA ... overall condition is much better on Actemra
Discussion: Kevzara
Posted: Feb 21 3:04pm
People often have teeth pulled to relieve TN pain. That intervention doesn’t work. I am screened...
I am screened for GCA by my rheumatologist ... No evidence of GCA but I’m being treated ... with Actemra as if I have GCA. ... have PMR, you should be checked for GCA
Posted: Jan 25 10:51am
I was diagnosed with GCA in late June 2024. I had undiagnosed PMR for about a...
I was diagnosed with GCA in late June ... I started injecting with Actemra weekly ... months to really feel the benefit of Actemra
I've been on prednisone since late June of 2024 for GCA. I started at 60 mg...
prednisone since late June of 2024 for GCA ... I have also been taking Actemra since ... more associated with prednisone than Actemra ... saved my vision and treated my PMR and GCA
Posted: Jan 19 5:38pm
@terrym Why do you see an endocrinologist? I was originally referred to an endocrinologist when I...
my rheumatiogist wanted me to try Actemra ... After Actemra was started, I tapered ... I still do a monthly Actemra infusion ... Actemra is only FDA approved for GCA ... that was recently FDA approved for GCA
Discussion: Tapering pain
Posted: May 6 11:16am
I got really tired of pain while going almost a year without my PMR and GCA...
going almost a year without my PMR and GCA ... started treatment (prednisone and Actemra ... 5 mg prednisone to go with weekly Actemra
I had a great response from Actemra. My first dose was on January 1st, 2019. It...
I had a great response from Actemra. ... remember is ---compared to Prednisone, Actemra ... I stayed on Actemra the entire time ... After a year on Actemra, I was confident ... both adrenal insufficiency and PMR/GCA
Hi.... I would like to get your insight on Actemra. I was diagnosed with GCA in...
would like to get your insight on Actemra ... I was diagnosed with GCA in October, ... and after 7 months started weekly Actemra ... about tapering off or discontinuing Actemra
Posted: Sep 20, 2024
I know the website you are referring to. I liked the forum itself with people who...
entitled to know" things about PMR/GCA ... I wanted to get information about Actemra ... Europe who were being treated with Actemra ... people who had some experience with Actemra ... My experience with Actemra wasn'
Posted: Sep 19, 2024
It basically says the same thing I was trying to explain. I know very little about...
This is also where FDA approval for Actemra ... to treat GCA and Kevzara to treat PMR ... medication that works" for PMR/GCA
Posted: Sep 12, 2024
I was diagnosed with PMR & GCA in May 2022 at Mayo Clinic. My then rheumatologist...
I was diagnosed with PMR & GCA in ... on 40 mg prednisone & I started Actemra ... After more than 2 years on Actemra I ... of noticeable side effects from the Actemra ... I’m really happy to be getting off Actemra
Posted: Aug 26, 2024
@jabrown0407 suggestions have merit. I took Prednisone for more than 12 years. My primary diagnosis was...
When Actemra (tocilizumab) addressed ... prominent role in the pathogenesis of PMR/GCA ... isn't the same for everyone so Actemra ... long as I do a monthly infusion of Actemra ... remissions" and are able to discontinue Actemra
Posted: Aug 13, 2024