Actemra is prescribed for Giant Cell ... Arteritis (GCA) patients.

background, I was diagnosed with PMR and/or GCA ... Weekly shots of Acterma (tocilizumab ... The Actemra shots will likely continue

stayed on them too long with PMR and GCA ... Now reducing quickly with Actemra.

cytokine implicated in both PMR and GCA ... inflammation that results in PMR and/or GCA ... Actema is FDA approved for GCA. ... Actemra worked for me. ... https://www.actemra.com/gca/considerations

Just started again Actemra. ... Not sure it’s my PMR or GCA that’s flaring ... We will see how much the Actemra helps

My GCA began with extreme fatigue and ... a year of prednisone I was put on Actemra ... so very important, especially since GCA ... , which he told me often goes with GCA

Welcome to the forum and the PMR/GCA ... second surgeon says I need to be off Actemra

I am self-injecting weekly with Actemra ... Actemra has been very effective in reducing ... my PMR/GCA symptoms as I taper off

being the only option for PMR and GCA ... The solution for me at least was Actemra ... It made me wonder why Actemra wasn&#39 ... I wouldn't mind stopping Actemra ... When I did stop Actemra once, the pain

wrote: "How are you doing with Actemra ... " Actemra seems to be working ... blood tests are very near my pre-PMR/GCA ... Actemra really seems to be working for ... I'm continuing with weekly Actemra

I have GCA and it took me a long time ... with lots of ups and downs(along with Actemra

PMR/GCA...we don't get cured, and ... the pain, taper slowly and stave off GCA ... ...probably PMR and it ramped into GCA ... I've been on Actemra and Pred for

autoimmune disorders so not just PMR/GCA ... I just wish that Actemra had been tried ... Actemra wasn't an option for me. ... Actemra was only FDA approved for GCA ... I don't have GCA.

biopsy You are correct .. mine said GCA ... Please let us know how you do with a acterma

I was diagnosed recently with GCA. ... She ordered the injection Actemra and ... anyone had the biopsy performed for GCA

Actemra works very well for me. ... other autoimmune disorders but not GCA ... tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... PMR is mediated by IL-6 mimicking GCA ... recommendations for treatment for GCA

Early on, before I was on Actemra, my ... non-cranial Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA ... My Actemra & Prednisone treatment ... exactly the one used to treat the GCA ... patients that received weekly Actemra

I have been on Actemra since October ... My GCA was raging and my inflammation ... Note....once you are on Actemra your ... I'd never heard of GCA or PMR and

for my eye problem which wasn't GCA ... my ophthalmologist didn't think Actemra ... happy with my choice to go back on Actemra

correctly diagnosed PMR & Vasculitis/GCA ... prednisone & a few weeks later Actemra ... I’m still on Actemra & doing well ... ’t know how long I have to stay on Actemra ... treating the PMR correctly led me to the GCA