What are the best treatments for Takayasus Arteritis?
Treatments for Takayasus Arteritis: what real patients say works for them, alongside a medically reviewed overview citing sources like NIH GARD and Orphanet.
To date I had e not been put on any oral therapy....for me it's just bypass surgery repair. From what I have been reading cortisone s work in some some instances
Prednisone for two years now, still working on a taper with no flare. First combination was prednisone and methotrexate due to major side effects. I am now on lefludomide with prednisone.
The most commonly used treatments for takayasu's Arteritis are: corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, biological treatments, and vasodilators. The main objective of medical treatment in ATK is to avoid the vascular complications in the long term.
I, personally, I come to starting my treatment. I can say that I have funcionad, improving my symptoms by 50%.
My treatment is based on:
*Prednisone
*Aspirin
*Atorvastatin
*Methotrexate
*Omeprazole
I was diagonsed in 2010 but I think I had it many years before this, very crippling disease but continue fighting and trying to stay positive. great hospital and doctor support.
My 17 year old daughter was just recently diagnosed with TAK. After seeing 3 doctors in 8 days for severe pain, finally took her to the ER where they ran the CT, diagnosed her with vasculitis and transferred us to children's hospital. After multi...
I just felt unwell with: fatigue, muscle aches, joint pain, slight fever. If the headaches became unbearable I went to doctor. The pain was on the bottom left side of the skull. Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) was clean. I got the diagnosis in Ap...
Hola a todos, mi nombre es Paola y fui detectada con TAK en julio de 2013 y desde entonces he estado en un viaje el cual unos días es maravilloso y otros no tanto, pero en el que día a día aprendo más de mi y de esa enfermedad.
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