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What was your experience on Kevzara?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 1 day ago | Replies (100)Comment receiving replies
@dadcue Thank you. I admire your strength.
This is all new to me so I’m trying to learn all that I can.
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These biologics to treat PMR/GCA are newer options for anyone who doesn't tolerate prednisone well or patients who have relapsing or refractory PMR./GCA. I started Actemra at the beginning of 2019 when it was recently FDA approved for GCA but not PMR. My rheumatologologist needed to get authorization to treat me with Actemra with only a belief that it "should work" for PMR. No guarantee that Actemra would work but I needed to be willing to try it.
It didn't take too much strength for me to try Actemra. I only needed to overcome being discouraged by the people who claimed prednisone was the "only option" for PMR/GCA.