Hello @marielynn -I'm just curious - how was the opportunity to go on Kevzara described to you ? since you have RA , i assume you have a rheumatologist.

until about 6 pm and then the pain in my shoulders, neck and chest comes back. I find it hard to get comfortable at night because I hurt. < < is it the same as the morning stiffness you experienced with your onset of PMR ? this timing seems unusual. I agree with @tuckerp what are your CRP and ESR levels now ? I had some weird pains in the duration of time tapering from about 8mg/day to 3 mg/day. But blood markers were normal - I made it to 2 mg /day ( 0.5mg month , now increased rate of 0.5mg/2weeks) so the goal is zero by July ! woo hoo . I hope you can achieve that too : )

"I really want to get off the prednisone " < < my understanding is that your rate of tapering off to zero will be enhanced with the Kevzara - does your rheumatologist have other patients for whom this was successful??