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Actemra is only approved in the US for GCA, but I know people with PMR get...
Actemra is only approved in the US for GCA ... PMR, since GCA can cause vision loss ... It's difficult to know if your GCA ... 40–50% within 18 months of stopping treatment ... " regarding GCA.
Posted: 2 days ago
I just wish to add that pain is never the best indication for how much prednisone...
severe enough and I could get immediate treatment ... I suspect GCA pain is the same relative ... The prednisone dose for GCA is 60 mg ... flares don't last too long after treatment
Posted: 14 hours ago
What other conventional DMARDs have you tried? Methotrexate (MTX) is probably used most often but there...
disease control and a more manageable treatment ... biologic DMARDs for patients with treatment-resistant ... biologics that are FDA approved for GCA ... suggests the outlook for treating PMR and GCA
Posted: 6 days ago
I have some of that. I started getting treatment for GCA and PMR a little more...
I started getting treatment for GCA ... but I had almost all of the other GCA ... I have been getting treatment for a ... a little "leakage" of the GCA ... small symptoms that still occur with treatment
Discussion: Tender scalp ?
Posted: Aug 18 1:57pm
I have some gut issues now, and I've had worse ones in the past. I don't...
#39;t know if they contributed to my GCA ... I never got medical treatment for it ... PMR and GCA are probably due to different
I had PMR for a year before I got diagnosed. I thought it was due to...
started, I got additional symptoms of GCA ... being treated for PMR is developing GCA ... treated for PMR can still develop GCA ... much, much better after I started treatment ... for PMR and GCA than before.
Discussion: PMR, no drugs?
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Aug 15 3:45pm
Based on my personal experience, I disagree with your statement that "Prednisone side effects going away...
their fitness level before and during treatment ... I developed GCA about 7 months after ... that, and got diagnosed and started treatment ... fitness all during my illness and treatment ... and on, especially after I started treatment
Posted: Jul 17 6:32am
My Abs Lymph value is consistently low. I've read that the value can be low due...
prednisone and Actemra for a year to treat GCA ... high when I was first diagnosed with GCA ... it improved quickly once I started treatment
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Posted: Jul 26 10:46am
Thank you, folks, for your replies. Tomorrow they (the practice where I have been going for...
(80 mg) to help with the pain for GCA ... the possible outcomes for untreated GCA ... with different doctor opinions and treatments
Posted: Jul 28 2:48pm
Chronic inflammation is bad but so is chronic Prednisone use. There are other ways to treat...
generally manageable and the outlook with treatment ... complications like those associated with GCA ... Sometimes I think treatment with long
Posted: Jul 3 4:57pm
Before PMR was diagnosed there was a time when I used heavy duty NSAIDs. That was...
NSAIDs are usually the first line treatment ... Prednisone isn't used as a long term treatment ... Uveitis is to Reactive Arthritis what GCA ... Uveitis and GCA are both inflammatory ... associated with Reactive Arthritis just as GCA