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Prednisone and methetrexate

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jul 19 8:55am | Replies (14)
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I have to try methotrexate before I can get Kevzara or Actemra with insurance.

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tuckerp | @tuckerp | Jul 7 8:55pm

yes. sort of dumb. But its been around awhile and cheaper.

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tuckerp | @tuckerp | Jul 7 9:06pm

Although even if taking the newer biologics they do nothing for AI. They are merely trying to keep your AI from restarting the PMR. Depending on your length of time on steroids you may still have a difficult time below the 5mg

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coolrockdaddy | @coolrockdaddy | Jul 8 8:36am

Kevzara was still expensive thru my insurance as I was required to meet out of pocket totaling $5000/yr and then insurance would cover it for the remainder of the year. Kevzara has a copay assistance program which allows me to receive it for free….I’ve been on it for three months now and am finally off prednisone but still taking methotrexate along with Kevzara. My PMR is doing better as well. If your insurance co-pay is costly, be sure to check out the co-pay assistance program as they can help you out

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