The dose of her oral prednisolone therapy was increased, ... The diagnosis and management of temporal arteritis, Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 103, 5, (572-582), ...

The temporal arteries are tender and swollen bilaterally. She cannot elevate her shoulders above her head, because of stiffness and pain. Her GP suspects a diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA), ...

- If temporal arteritis is suspected, urgent treatment should be started with prednisolone 40-60mg daily to prevent visual loss. 3,4 - If there are no contraindications, low dose aspirin 75mg/day ...

The prednisolone dose was quadrupled. The biopsy of the right temporal artery 2 days later was positive, so the oral prednisolone was increased to 40 mg per day.

Dear Dr. Roach • My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four ...

Patients with biopsy-proven temporal arteritis and less than 2 weeks of high-dose corticosteroid treatment (prednisone > 10 mg/d or equivalent) were enrolled. Exclusion criteria included liver disease ...

Prednisolone combined with adjunctive immunosuppression is not superior to prednisolone alone in terms of efficacy and safety in giant cell arteritis: meta-analysis. Clin Rheumatol 2014;33:227-236 ...

Find out about temporal arteritis: symptoms, causes, and how to manage it. Skip to main content . Home ; Conditions . ... As it does, your doctor will lower the dose of your medicine.

Dear Dr. Roach: My wife went blind in her left eye suddenly last October, and a biopsy showed temporal arteritis. She was started on high-dose prednisone, and after four weeks ...

I am on a low dose. I've tried to wean off it, but the pain returns. To my surprise, my sister has been told she has the same condition and is awaiting a biopsy report for possible temporal arteritis.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed in March 2015 with giant cell arteritis ...