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hot flushes
I’ve struggled with these for about twenty years and they have diminished over time. However, since going on preds, just over five weeks ago, they have got worse. Nothing like when they were at their worst when I was younger, but boy do they wake me up, when my sleep is pretty poor anyway, since the
I’ve struggled with these for about twenty years and they have diminished over time. However, since going on preds, just over five weeks ago, they have got worse. Nothing like when they were at their worst when I was younger, but boy do they wake me up, when my sleep is pretty poor anyway, since the
Freshairfiend
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PMRGCAuk
8 months ago
Charity request for help: GCA patients in England
Dear members with GCA, as you may be aware, NICE and NHS England don't currently allow repeat treatment with tocilizumab for GCA patients who relapse. This means that if you live in England and you've had a year's treatment with tocilizumab, you won't be prescribed it again. However, a recent study
Dear members with GCA, as you may be aware, NICE and NHS England don't currently allow repeat treatment with tocilizumab for GCA patients who relapse. This means that if you live in England and you've had a year's treatment with tocilizumab, you won't be prescribed it again. However, a recent study
Fran_Benson
Partner
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8 months ago
Tocilizumab
I have had a BCC removed from the side of my nose. One of my rheumatology nurses told me that there is an incidence of Tocilizumab causing cancerous growths. It did pop up out of nowhere and I was shocked when the dermatologist told me that it was a slow growing cancer. Has anyone heard of this link?
I have had a BCC removed from the side of my nose. One of my rheumatology nurses told me that there is an incidence of Tocilizumab causing cancerous growths. It did pop up out of nowhere and I was shocked when the dermatologist told me that it was a slow growing cancer. Has anyone heard of this link?
Noni71
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PMRGCAuk
9 months ago
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Tocilizumab in the UK
I thought it may be helpful to share my Rheumy appointment yesterday. I have GCA and PMR and due to various reasons cannot tolerate Steriods. Instead I am treated with Methotrexate and tocilizumab which I received for a year as in standard in the UK. I was worried about what would happen when year expired
I thought it may be helpful to share my Rheumy appointment yesterday. I have GCA and PMR and due to various reasons cannot tolerate Steriods. Instead I am treated with Methotrexate and tocilizumab which I received for a year as in standard in the UK. I was worried about what would happen when year expired
WaltzG
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PMRGCAuk
9 months ago
Adrenals
Morning everyone. This is my first post on here. I was diagnosed with GCA in August 2022 and have been tapering down the Prednisolone to 5mg. I also take Tocilizumab and Methotrexate as I’ve had a difficult time with the Prednisolone so many side effects. How do I know if my adrenal glands are working
Morning everyone. This is my first post on here. I was diagnosed with GCA in August 2022 and have been tapering down the Prednisolone to 5mg. I also take Tocilizumab and Methotrexate as I’ve had a difficult time with the Prednisolone so many side effects. How do I know if my adrenal glands are working
Noni71
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PMRGCAuk
10 months ago
There’s no point to this post
Hi everyone, hope you’re all as well as can be. I’m approximately 3 1/2 years into this PMR. Sometimes it gets me down. I’ve been trying to start Humira for Ankylosing Spondylitis again, but the delivery company have been an absolute NIGHTMARE! It’s been so long since I last took it that I’m wondering
Hi everyone, hope you’re all as well as can be. I’m approximately 3 1/2 years into this PMR. Sometimes it gets me down. I’ve been trying to start Humira for Ankylosing Spondylitis again, but the delivery company have been an absolute NIGHTMARE! It’s been so long since I last took it that I’m wondering
Bramble2000
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PMRGCAuk
10 months ago
"Scientists achieve breakthrough in treating 'neglected' polymyalgia rheumatica" - that's the headline but don't get too excited ...
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231025/Scientists-achieve-breakthrough-in-treating-neglected-polymyalgia-rheumatica.aspx?utm_source=news_medical_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rheumatology_newsletter_3_november_2023 The study is using sarilumab, aka Kevzara - not the first study, I'm sure
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231025/Scientists-achieve-breakthrough-in-treating-neglected-polymyalgia-rheumatica.aspx?utm_source=news_medical_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rheumatology_newsletter_3_november_2023 The study is using sarilumab, aka Kevzara - not the first study, I'm sure
PMRpro
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PMRGCAuk
10 months ago
Benefits of knowing your illness/condition/disease to help others as well as yourself
It’s about time I posted that a couple of months ago my husband was diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis. I was somewhat overwhelmed by the diagnosis having had PMR, GCA/LVV myself over the past 5 and a half years and haven’t, until now, felt ready to share his story on the forum.
It’s about time I posted that a couple of months ago my husband was diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis. I was somewhat overwhelmed by the diagnosis having had PMR, GCA/LVV myself over the past 5 and a half years and haven’t, until now, felt ready to share his story on the forum.
123-go
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PMRGCAuk
10 months ago
Tooth extraction and tocilizumab
Hi I am going to have to have a tooth extraction....dentist says chance of jaw necrosis from tocilizumab and I wonder if anyone has had this ....I know from here that it is only a small chance but its scary ! Also will I need to come off medications (tocilizumab and methotrexate) first? Advice appreciated
Hi I am going to have to have a tooth extraction....dentist says chance of jaw necrosis from tocilizumab and I wonder if anyone has had this ....I know from here that it is only a small chance but its scary ! Also will I need to come off medications (tocilizumab and methotrexate) first? Advice appreciated
WaltzG
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PMRGCAuk
11 months ago
Sub acute small bowel obstruction
I had pelvic radiotherapy some 40 years ago and have had chronic radiation
enteritis
and bile acid malabsorption for the last 20 years or so.
I had pelvic radiotherapy some 40 years ago and have had chronic radiation
enteritis
and bile acid malabsorption for the last 20 years or so.
David39
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Pelvic Radiation Disease Association
1 year ago
Autoimmune Registry
I didn't know there was an Autoimmune Registry. However polymyalgia rheumatica is not found through their opening page search although it is on the list as a vascular disease, as is giant cell arteritis. Maybe their search function is as useful as HU's (used to be)? :D Or maybe they just haven't got
I didn't know there was an Autoimmune Registry. However polymyalgia rheumatica is not found through their opening page search although it is on the list as a vascular disease, as is giant cell arteritis. Maybe their search function is as useful as HU's (used to be)? :D Or maybe they just haven't got
HeronNS
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PMRGCAuk
11 months ago
How to pass the day
Eternities Day
Dawn whispers to your sleepy ears as nature awakens to herald daybreak. Quiet colours will bless your eyes, as suns soft rays do gently entice those leaden lids to rise and see the glory of my being. Stay with me awhile and see that glowing orb in haloed radiance
Eternities Day
Dawn whispers to your sleepy ears as nature awakens to herald daybreak. Quiet colours will bless your eyes, as suns soft rays do gently entice those leaden lids to rise and see the glory of my being. Stay with me awhile and see that glowing orb in haloed radiance
cycli
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Follow up on RILP
So to recap, the neurologist diagnosed me with RILP which has fried my quad and the surgeon says I have radiation
enteritis
which resulted in the perforated bowel.
So to recap, the neurologist diagnosed me with RILP which has fried my quad and the surgeon says I have radiation
enteritis
which resulted in the perforated bowel.
Kentucky1
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Advanced Prostate Cancer
1 year ago
Newswire Spring 2023 - my thoughts
I just finally got round to reading this and am left feeling more inspired and positive on the whole. There is still a long way to go and so much to learn about the baffling diseases of PMR and GCA but when I think back to when I was first diagnosed and struggling between 2012 and 2015, there are definite
I just finally got round to reading this and am left feeling more inspired and positive on the whole. There is still a long way to go and so much to learn about the baffling diseases of PMR and GCA but when I think back to when I was first diagnosed and struggling between 2012 and 2015, there are definite
tangocharlie
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Hot flashes?
Am having ever more hot flashes and sweating around my neck over last several months. Could it be the steroids? In the distant past, was relying on welbutrin for depression but got hot flashes and changed to escatolepram. In the last few years I started taking a small dose of welbutrin in addition
Am having ever more hot flashes and sweating around my neck over last several months. Could it be the steroids? In the distant past, was relying on welbutrin for depression but got hot flashes and changed to escatolepram. In the last few years I started taking a small dose of welbutrin in addition
Merryfield
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Can you 'demand' Tocilizumab for GCA?
I was diagnosed with PMR in January 23, responded well to steroids (15mg) but quickly developed GCA symptoms (severe headache pain, blurred vision and jaw claudication) when these were reduced to 12.5mg after 3 weeks and 'normal' CRP/ESR tests. I was referred to Ambulatory care but an ultrasound showed
I was diagnosed with PMR in January 23, responded well to steroids (15mg) but quickly developed GCA symptoms (severe headache pain, blurred vision and jaw claudication) when these were reduced to 12.5mg after 3 weeks and 'normal' CRP/ESR tests. I was referred to Ambulatory care but an ultrasound showed
tweety_pie
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Tocilizumab
Hi. Has anyone had Tocilizumab injections for pmr? I've been looking at recent research which seems to suggest favourable outcomes for pmr sufferers who have problems tapering prednisolone.
Hi. Has anyone had Tocilizumab injections for pmr? I've been looking at recent research which seems to suggest favourable outcomes for pmr sufferers who have problems tapering prednisolone.
BlueMozart
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Radiation enteritis tests?
Hi, I have RILP (Lumbar Plexopathy) and this has been my main problem for years but now the bowel problems are taking over - frequent flare ups of pain and diarrhoea lasting days. My insides feel inflamed and I feel very unwell. I have had a colonoscopy but was wondering if the damage is in the small
Hi, I have RILP (Lumbar Plexopathy) and this has been my main problem for years but now the bowel problems are taking over - frequent flare ups of pain and diarrhoea lasting days. My insides feel inflamed and I feel very unwell. I have had a colonoscopy but was wondering if the damage is in the small
Echium
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Pelvic Radiation Disease Association
2 years ago
Update on my previous post trapped nerve and PMR.
After an MRI on my spine I do not have a trapped nerve in my back and my pain is two vertebrae bones crumbling. I have come to the conclusion that the pain in my back and bottom area is mainly my PMR flare, it is so bad I can't move without pain while in bed. Tried increasing my pred dosage from 6mg
After an MRI on my spine I do not have a trapped nerve in my back and my pain is two vertebrae bones crumbling. I have come to the conclusion that the pain in my back and bottom area is mainly my PMR flare, it is so bad I can't move without pain while in bed. Tried increasing my pred dosage from 6mg
Washingup
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PMRGCAuk
1 year ago
Gastric Enteritis Nightmare
About 4 weeks ago on a holiday in Greece I became really sick with what was diagnosed as Gastric
Enteritis
. Vomiting, terrible stomach pain , diarrhoea, the works. I felt so weak I could hardly walk. It was a weeks holiday and I was ill for the last 5 days of it.
About 4 weeks ago on a holiday in Greece I became really sick with what was diagnosed as Gastric
Enteritis
. Vomiting, terrible stomach pain , diarrhoea, the works. I felt so weak I could hardly walk. It was a weeks holiday and I was ill for the last 5 days of it.
Marty3
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IBS Network
2 years ago
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