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Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 22 10:17am | Replies (206)

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@sharonanng I was diagnosed in June of 2021 and it took 3 months to get my PMR diagnosis . I had so much blood work done, but no markers for PMR or RA, so my Rheumatologist started me on 15mg of Prednisone. It took 10 days to take the pain away, ive been on Prednisone since. She later told me, there had been a huge increase in PMR, since covid and the vaccine. She said there was speculation at the time, that there was a link. I was told to not get anymore Covid vaccines at that point. I’ve only had Covid once and it was 2.5 years after Covid began, so the vaccine could be the culprit.

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@lori62yb
I had severe symptoms for almost a year before being diagnosed with PMR. Kevzara had just been approved so I started taking self injections every 14 days. It takes some time to build up in your system but after a couple months I started to see improvement. I would say that I have seen about an 80% improvement in my pain. I have been taking it for exactly one year now and have not had any adverse reactions whatsoever. Hope you continue to improve.