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kevzara and relapse

Posted by wellsbjt @wellsbjt, Jun 25 5:18pm

I started taking prednisone in October 2024 for pmr. My rheumatologist started me on kevzara the last week of December and it has been a miracle drug. I was able to reduce prednisone from 13 mg to 4 mg very quickly. I then started a slow taper, .5 mg per month and was able to get as low as 1.5 mg. Unfortunately, the pmr symptoms (extreme fatigue and shoulder pain) returned about 5 days ago. I upped the prednisone .5 mg to 2.0, but still no relief. Has anyone else had a similar experience with Kevzara? If so, would you please share how - or if- you have resolved the problem?

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suetex | @suetex | Sep 16 4:29pm
In reply to @mikeydee "Good thing to remember is that prednisone masks aches and pains... I remember when I was..." + (show)
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Good thing to remember is that prednisone masks aches and pains... I remember when I was tapering down at first I had no aches/pains but.... all my old aches/pains I had accumulated in my life started reappearing... I thought to myself..."Hmmm...I forgot about that old issue...dam!" I have now just accepted them and KEEP MOVING!!!... Remember they don't leave race horses in the barn... its run or glue factory eh...

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BTW: Now they have retirement where the horses go on to other carreers. But your point is well made.

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