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Our government doesn't get overly involved in medical decisions except for granting FDA approval of the...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067333/
aware of the GIACTA research done for GCA ... Actemra by the FDA for the treatment of GCA ... haven't ever been diagnosed with GCA ... but plenty of patients who have GCA ... working for patients who had both GCA
Discussion: 2 year struggle to get off prednisone still hard to get from 3 to 2mg
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 13, 2024
Hi @issyb, Can you get a message to the rheumatologist or primary care physician to advise...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/814545/
in a person exhibiting symptoms of GCA ... When I was first diagnosed with GCA ... My mother-in-law had GCA as well and ... from mine, so I never imagined I had GCA ... because the consequences of untreated GCA
Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 20, 2023
Hello @golfbarmie, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for sharing your journey with GCA and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/597032/
you for sharing your journey with GCA ... the possibility of me also having GCA ... was also checking me for symptoms of GCA ... There are a few other discussion for GCA ... discussion/giant-cell-arteritis-20c716/ - GCA
Discussion: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR): Meet others & Share Your Story
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 25, 2021
Thank you for your response @johnbishop. And for sharing the links and others who have experience...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1030073/
have experience with exercise with GCA ... made matters worse (before getting GCA ... alternative treatments that would help PMR/GCA ... His biopsy confirmed he has GCA but ... them I'd never heard of PMR or GCA
Discussion: Exercise with PMR and/or GCA
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 8, 2024
Hi @pmrsuzie, I had PMR and GCA undiagnosed for a year. I was very fatigued and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/969149/
Hi @pmrsuzie, I had PMR and GCA undiagnosed ... bloodwork and figured out I had PMR/GCA ... chronic inflammation, caused by the PMR/GCA
Discussion: Low Hemoglobin?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 22, 2023
Hi @mild835, jaw pain and pain in the temples can be symptoms of Giant Cell Arteritis...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/710013/
usually 40 - 50 mg) is needed to control GCA ... temporal artery biopsy to rule out GCA ... best to be vigilant, as untreated, GCA
Discussion: Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: May 20, 2022
To follow-up, my Kaiser rheumatologist had absolutely no problem prescribing tocilizumab despite the fact that he...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/831546/
fact that he is uncertain if I have GCA ... not yet approved, an diagnosis of GCA ... symptoms "consistent" with GCA ... It's just that actual GCA is unclear
Discussion: How hard is it to get on Actemra (Tocilizumab) with PMR?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 24, 2023
Hi @isabelle7, Not everyone with PMR develops GCA, but roughly 30% do. My rheumatologist told me...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1030029/
isabelle7, Not everyone with PMR develops GCA ... My rheumatologist told me PMR and GCA ... I developed GCA. ... Anorexia is a symptom of PMR/GCA and ... past posts about exercise and PMR/GCA
Discussion: Exercise with PMR and/or GCA
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 8, 2024