@tweetypie13

I'm jealous you started Kevzara relatively soon. I was on Prednisone for 12 years before a biologic was tried. A faster taper off prednisone was "suddenly" possible but it still took me approximately a year to taper off prednisone.

At one stage I was tapering at a rate of 1 mg per week until I reached 3 mg. At 3 mg of prednisone I was instructed to stay on 3 mg for 6 months while I waited for my cortisol level to improve.

PMR improved rapidly but it was my cortisol level that didn't suddenly improve. Even after I discontinued prednisone I had "moments of improvements" followed by not so good moments. My overall health improved and trended up but it waxed and waned for another 2-3 years after Prednisone was discontinued. After I was off Prednisone for 5 years it seemed like my health might be as good as it gets.

I started my biologic on January 1st, 2019 so the NEW YEAR has a special meaning to me. New Year Day of 2019 ushered in a dramatic improvement in my quality of life. Every year since then has shown steady improvements but I still have an occasional bump in the road on my PMR journey. I still get new types of pain that surface but PMR is still in remission. I have never had a complete relapse of PMR which was a characteristic when I took Prednisone.