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Hello @robynann -- welcome to Connect. I'm glad you found us. Connect is a good place...
questions and share your experiences with treatments ... I don't have GCA with my PMR but ... lifestyle changes to help treat the GCA ... changes they have had to make to treat GCA
Yes GCA can develop before, during , and / or after completion of PMR treatment with...
Yes GCA can develop before, during , ... and / or after completion of PMR treatment ... My Large Vessel GCA developed 6months ... PMR does not assure protection from GCA ... even the slightest possibility of a GCA
Posted: Mar 25 5:39pm
Hi @charlotte61, You pose an interesting question. My guess is both conditions are related but that...
but that PMR doesn't progress to GCA ... Although 40% to 60% of patients with GCA ... Latest Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment ... /chronic/latest-advances-diagnosis-treatment-polymyalgia-rheumatica ... my doctor always had me watch for GCA
Posted: Nov 12, 2023
An interesting question occurred to me based on this post. I wonder how many people who...
learn about the diseases (PMR and GCA ... ) and their treatments. ... alone, since going through PMR and or GCA
Posted: Jan 14 10:27am
Hi @jasharum, my scalp was tender to the touch. I didn't notice it until I touched...
This happened both times I had GCA - ... always rule out giant cell arteritis (GCA ... Treatment should continue if suspicion ... Both PMR and GCA can result in anemia ... about your symptoms and appropriate treatment
Posted: May 6 12:46pm
Dropping 2.5 mg from 10 mg of prednisone sounds kind of risky to me. I have...
I have GCA and PMR, and I've been ... receiving treatment for a little over ... I haven't had any symptoms of GCA ... or PMR since I started treatment 7
Posted: Feb 10 9:56am
Hi, Was prescribed 60 mg of Prednisone initially after the diagnosis of GCA and PMR was...
Prednisone initially after the diagnosis of GCA ... Over the treatment course, with tapering ... returning to how I sounded pre treatment ... for GCA PMR.
"I agree that exercise has been very beneficial while being sick with and receiving treatment for...
while being sick with and receiving treatment ... for GCA and PMR. ... Not that much is known about PMR/GCA ... research that is available for PMR/GCA
Posted: Apr 12 1:29pm
My biopsy was positive for GCA. I got the results about 4 days after they performed...
My biopsy was positive for GCA. ... They started treatment with me before ... #39;t mean that you don't have GCA ... symptoms were you having that caused the GCA
"I want her to consider Actemra for me. Based on posts in this group, I think...
Actemra since it is FDA approved for GCA ... Actemra was FDA approved for GCA in ... mentioned as a way of saying my existing treatment ... Actemra was approved for GCA in 2017 ... should be treated "As If I Had GCA
Hello @linda7 thank you for adding that, indeed it seems that along with being "perceived as...
ask why did her team choose PMR and GCA ... #34; Sentiment of pts around various treatments ... (n=297) available for PMR and GCA was ... From the overall responses related to treatment
I agree that it would be nice to have PMR/GCA support groups in the USA. I...
that it would be nice to have PMR/GCA ... taper off Prednisone after 12 years of treatment ... for people in the USA with PMR and GCA
Posted: Dec 29, 2024
Sorry ... I didn't realize you were from the UK. Someone told me the rules in...
Unless you have GCA you won't be ... I was never diagnosed with GCA when ... RoActemra in the UK and is only used for GCA ... is FDA approved in the USA for the treatment ... IL-6 that is implicated in PMR and GCA
Discussion: Flare
Posted: Dec 11, 2024
Sometimes I'm reluctant to say which biologic because tapering off prednisone wasn't simply a matter of...
was done with this biologic to treat GCA ... diagnosis was PMR without much evidence of GCA ... would be treated "as if" I had GCA ... has only been FDA approved for the treatment ... of GCA.
Posted: Aug 27, 2024