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Our government doesn't get overly involved in medical decisions except for granting FDA approval of the...
aware of the GIACTA research done for GCA ... haven't ever been diagnosed with GCA ... but plenty of patients who have GCA ... working for patients who had both GCA ... and PMR.
My husband started a statin months after his PMR diagnosis (diagnosed with PMR in May 2023)....
started a statin months after his PMR ... diagnosis (diagnosed with PMR in May ... diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... Chief of Rheumatology) what caused his GCA ... and started feeling the symptoms of GCA
Posted: May 10, 2024
Hi @rn1024, I had a positive result temporal artery biopsy with no side effects. Your symptoms...
Your symptoms sound like GCA. ... I just started 40 mg for a GCA relapse ... A doctor told me that PMR responds to ... of symptoms more dramatically than GCA
The problem with testing for adrenal insufficiency is because cortisol levels can't be tested reliably until...
Not many people with PMR/GCA can do ... people on long term prednisone for PMR ... /GCA seem to have flares at or near ... ) and giant cell arteritis (GCA), but ... /GCA flare." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Posted: Apr 11, 2024
I'm in awe with biologics in general. I remember being on a forum for people with...
After PMR was diagnosed, my medical ... My primary diagnosis was PMR and I was ... was the "only option" for PMR ... the conclusion that a diagnosis of PMR ... PMR/GCA were autoimmune disorders that
Hello @leerow60, Welcome to Connect. I can't begin to imagine how difficult your journey with GCA,...
imagine how difficult your journey with GCA ... , PMR, Scleroderma, RA and more has ... --- Actemra (Tocilizumab) to treat PMR ... discussion/actemra-tocilizumab-to-treat-pmr
My husband developed PMR in May 2023 and GCA (giant cell arteritis) in February 2024. Three...
My husband developed PMR in May 2023 ... and GCA (giant cell arteritis) in February ... He was on 80 since development GCA and
Posted: Apr 1, 2024
I did increase the dose a half mg quite a few times my last six months...
I think if my PMR ever comes back again ... tapering plan on the HealthUnlocked PMR ... /GCA forum.
Posted: Mar 27, 2024
I’m so sorry to hear you’ve had relapses. My husband was diagnosed with PMR in May...
My husband was diagnosed with PMR in ... May 2023 and GCA in February 2024. ... he doesn’t get relapses because his GCA
Posted: Mar 20, 2024
Yes ... she is very accurate and straight forward in the way she explains PMR. My...
straight forward in the way she explains PMR ... constant explanations when I still had PMR ... but that is only FDA approved for GCA ... Progress has been made for PMR. ... FDA approved for difficult cases of PMR
Posted: Mar 18, 2024
YES! This happened to my father. Well, there’s no way to be 100% sure, but more...
what we now know as the debilitating PMR ... recognized the likely symptoms of PMR ... We were monitoring him for GCA, but ... We’ll never know if it was GCA or all ... population that’s most affected by PMR
Posted: Mar 16, 2024
Sorry to hear you lost so much vision from GCA, Bob -- that must have been...
hear you lost so much vision from GCA ... Like PMR, I believe GCA is also caused ... though I am also taking prednisone for PMR
Posted: Mar 13, 2024
Hi @charlotte61 I can't say for sure you can avoid it. But. Having been through this...
if you were to get the symptoms of GCA ... your symptoms, that you've had PMR ... Most people with PMR don't.
Posted: Mar 9, 2024
DMARD's are medications that change the progression of inflammatory arthritis. That is where the "disease modifying"...
People with PMR take some of the same ... Prednisone alone treats the symptoms until PMR ... and/or GCA goes away. ... to happen in 2 years but sometimes PMR ... /GCA lasts longer than 2 years.
My husband has just been given Actemra (injections you do at home.) We picked it up...
said my husband has a severe case of GCA ... (he already had PMR for about 8 months ... 80 mg daily of Prednisone since his GCA ... temple swelling." It comes back to GCA ... said they didn't think he had GCA
Posted: Feb 29, 2024