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Prednisone for over a year along with Kevzara for last 5 months

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 3 11:35am | Replies (47)
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I see many on here many are using Kevzara. I looked up Kevzara and it reduces the Interleukin 6 immune response. Which is linked to inflammation. This would appear to be an attempt to make sure your PMR is not active for a more successful taper off prednisone. But this does not appear to do anything for the withdrawal symptoms of the taper. If you look at all the side effects possible for Kevzara why would anyone want to take this drug if your ESR and SED rate are normal. Seems to me your going to be stuck taking another medication.

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barracudacool | @barracudacool | May 19 6:09am

Actually Kevzara has few side effects and the ones which exist only affect a few people. They have to list anything anybody has had as far as side effects. Far less than methotrexate or prednisone. I know some people have a reaction at the injection site. I’ve been on it since December. It has been a game changer for me. My doc watches my liver function which was slightly elevated for two months, and I’ve been warned about watching out for infections but other than that..no problems and I am finally back down to 7mg of pred. My rheumatologists had about 10 patients with pmr and on Kevzara and none have had any problems.

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