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@elleninz Only Actemra/Tyenne and Rinvoq are FDA approved for GCA. That is why I was put...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1538580/
Tyenne and Rinvoq are FDA approved for GCA ... the only other drug used to treat GCA ... and it is not approved for GCA.
Discussion: Giant Cell Arteritis Diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 30 8:53am
@ess77 I was also diagnosed with GCA about 100 days after I had Covid (1st time)....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1554850/
@ess77 I was also diagnosed with GCA ... article written about an increase in GCA ... Did anyone else get GCA after having
Discussion: Giant Cell Arteritis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: 5 hours ago
At 66, diagnosed with PMR Oct. 2025. On 10 mg prednisone with all symptoms resolved, until...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1535528/
I discovered my symptoms indicated GCA ... I texted my pcp and asked for GCA testing ... temporal artery biopsy that confirmed the GCA ... Headaches are the typical GCA symptom ... I urge you to push for GCA testing as
Discussion: Has anyone experience severe headaches and muscle spasms
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 26 6:22am
Hi @momac59, So sorry to hear you are also experiencing some vision loss in the past...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1550917/
twice and was always worried about GCA ... search of Connect using "is it GCA ... search=is+it+GCA. ... tagging @tsc who has also experienced GCA
Discussion: Giant Cell Arteritis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: 4 days ago
Tooth pain is a well documented symptom of GCA. I experienced this 4 months before I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1547420/
pain is a well documented symptom of GCA ... before I developed other symptoms of GCA ... recognized this as a possible symptom of GCA ... I developed classical GCA symptoms 4 ... The tooth pain and GCA symptoms responded
Discussion: Has anyone else lost molars since getting PMR/GCA?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Apr 10 3:51pm
@ggarrepy I am seeing a specialist in March about the raspiness that is settling in. I...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1500661/
for 6 years and was recently Dx with GCA ... I'm the odd duck on the GCA because ... The GCA was picked up on a PET scan.
Discussion: Has anyone had their voice affected by Pmr? I have read that it is.
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 8 6:44am
@dadcue People that only have PMR can choose how much pain they want to live with....
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1519620/
If you have GCA with or without PMR, ... #39;t take a chance on letting the GCA ... The GCA is like burning embers.
Discussion: Prednisone Taper Stories
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Mar 4 2:29pm
@johnbishop Hi @momac59, I had PMR and GCA, undiagnosed for a year. With the GCA, three...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1551406/
johnbishop Hi @momac59, I had PMR and GCA ... With the GCA, three incidents of visual ... artery biopsy and was positive for GCA
Discussion: Giant Cell Arteritis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: 4 days ago
I have never been diagnosed with GCA. I have a different autoimmune condition that flares and...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1368903/
I have never been diagnosed with GCA ... can cause vision loss but it isn’t GCA ... pain and headaches but that wasn’t GCA ... Basically, I had every symptom of GCA ... but not GCA.
Discussion: Better to be in some pain or better to up the dose of prednisone?
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Aug 12, 2025
@pmrnew Be careful if you're not going to take prednisone. I developed PMR about 3 years...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1491104/
didn't know anything about it or GCA ... of untreated PMR I also developed GCA ... treat temporary vision loss from the GCA ... , because GCA is dangerous. ... For GCA symptoms I had night sweats,
Discussion: New PMR diagnosis
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Jan 26 12:19pm
@sandiw77 Your 25mg prednisone starting dose, while maybe OK for PMR, but it’s extremely low for...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1505841/
for PMR, but it’s extremely low for GCA ... For my GCA, I started at 60mg, and my ... understanding is that 50-60 is standard for GCA
Discussion: Who is on Rinvoq for GCA vs Actemra
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Feb 14 4:03pm
My introduction to PMR came from a friend that was just going through Giant Cell Artertis...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1428983/
going through Giant Cell Artertis (GCA ... for many years and eventually became GCA ... She now is considered both PMR and GCA ... My friend with GCA has had GCA come ... that 20% of PMR patients may have GCA
Discussion: Suddenly much better
Support Group: Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR)
Posted: Nov 2, 2025