Prednisone for 2 years Also have GCA ... Does anyone else just keep getting PMR

"Jaw pain" is a symptom of GCA ... especially important symptom if you have PMR ... because it can progress to GCA and ... I have never been diagnosed with GCA ... but have had PMR and have taken prednisone

Tocilizumab (Actemra) injections for GCA ... article that mentions it's use for PMR ... sure who has taken the drug to treat PMR ... Tocilizumab Found Steroid-Sparing in PMR

Mooty my name is Beryl....I have had PMR ... 60mg again as I was.suspected to have GCA

Mine is definitely GCA & PMR.

My mothet had pmr as well so I know ... GCA (giant cell arteritis) is present ... in 20% of those with PMR.

but these tests are the same as for PMR ... GCA, and the laboratory at Mayo confirmed ... Unlike PMR, I readily had no idea that ... I had GCA.

biologics that are FDA approved for PMR ... Only Kevzara is FDA approved to treat PMR ... It was FDA approved for GCA but not ... PMR. ... that I be treated "as if I had GCA

/GCA but I'm not one of those people ... taken the biologic for 5 years for PMR ... PMR is treated with long term Prednisone ... so PMR can persist for a long time ... more effective treatment options for PMR

(C-GCA), large vessel GCA (LV-GCA), ... and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) (Fig ... symptoms of PMR (Fig. 2) while up to ... one-fifth of people with PMR will be ... diagnosed with GCA [5, 42].

methotrexate for 5 months or so for PMR ... not sure methotrexate could prevent GCA

I read that if you get the same pmr ... be a flare, which could mean your pmr ... I thought I had GCA , but found out ... breast cancer created a flare of the PMR

Sorry to hear you are also having GCA ... type symptoms with your PMR. ... Teri @tsc has experience with GCA and

get on Actemra (Tocilizumab) with PMR ... how-hard-is-it-to-get-on-actemra-tocilizumab-with-pmr ... tried Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR ... FDA approved for GCA: https://connect.mayoclinic.org ... discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr

I have GCA. ... I haven’t been diagnosed with PMR, but

looking for evidence that I that I have GCA ... similarly but is not Medicare approved for PMR ... and have had a biopsy to look for GCA ... might be one of the 25% of people with PMR ... who have sub-clinical GCA.

My father had PMR in his 60's, then ... GCA in his late 70's or 80' ... was in the hospital a month for the GCA

Hi @sticksandbugs, the PMR was intense ... With GCA I had three incidents of visual

was the "only option" for PMR ... Actemra still isn't FDA approved for PMR ... research that showed it was helping GCA ... commented that if Actemra works for GCA ... Actemra "should work" for PMR

your question, The relapse I had was GCA ... No PMR symptoms that I recall.