Maganin asali magani ne kuma ya ƙunshi corticosteroid far, magani na tushen cortisone. Wannan magani yana da tasiri sosai, yana rage haɗarin rikitarwa na jijiyoyin jini wanda ke sa cutar ta yi tsanani. Wannan magani yana aiki saboda cortisone shine mafi ƙarfi maganin rigakafin kumburi da aka sani, kuma cutar Horton cuta ce mai kumburi. A cikin mako guda, ci gaban ya riga ya zama babba kuma a cikin wata guda na magani ƙonewa yana ƙarƙashin iko.

An ƙara maganin antiplatelet. Wannan don hana platelets a cikin jini daga tarawa da haifar da toshewar toshewar jini a cikin jijiya.

Jiyya tare da cortisone da farko shine kashi mai ɗaukar nauyi, sannan, lokacin da kumburi ke ƙarƙashin iko (ƙimar kumburi ko ESR ya dawo daidai), likita yana rage adadin corticosteroids a matakai. Yana neman samun mafi ƙarancin fa'ida don ya iyakance illolin da magani ba ya so. A matsakaici, magani yana ɗaukar shekaru 2 zuwa 3, amma wani lokacin yana yiwuwa a dakatar da cortisone da wuri.

Saboda illar da waɗannan jiyya ke iya haifarwa, ya kamata a kula da mutanen da ke shan magani sosai a lokacin magani. Ya kamata a biya kulawa ta musamman ga tsofaffi domin hana karuwar hawan jini (hauhawar jini), A osteoporosis (ciwon kashi) ko ciwon ido (glaucoma, kamawa).

Saboda rikice-rikicen da ke tattare da maganin corticosteroid, ana nazarin wasu hanyoyin kamar methotrexate, azathioprine, antimalarials na roba, ciclosporin, da anti-TNF α, amma ba su nuna ingantaccen inganci ba.