GCA gone by 20mg pred
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Eileen I believe I read recently on one of your posts that by the time a person reaches 20mg pred the GCA is gone....is that correct?
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Posted , 7 users are following.
Eileen I believe I read recently on one of your posts that by the time a person reaches 20mg pred the GCA is gone....is that correct?
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The GCA will only be gone if the dose has been high enough for long enough - and without doing imaging at present they cannot know that. The research I mentioned suggests that it is possible to look for neutrophils (one of the white blood cells in the blood) and that may be a way of monitoring the success of the treatment of GCA with prednisolone. At present they just reduce the dose and see if the symptoms return.
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