Are there medications that have been found on occasion to later lead to giant cell arteritis? like birth control or accutane?

Unknown: No one really knows what causes giant cell arteritis or inflammation of the blood vessels. I hvae never heard of any relationship to birth control or Accutane use.

See below: Autoimmune diseases such as giant cell arteritis are part genetic and the other part is someting in the enviroment serves as a trigger. With this autoimmune disease, some feel that maybe a common respiratory virus that serves as a trigger of you have the genetic makeup.