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I hope you get some responses because there are quite a few people on Kevzara. I think most people have good experiences with Kevzara and either taper off Prednisone or get to a lower dose of Prednisone faster than they would have without Kevzara.

I only have experience with Actemra (tociluzumab) which is another biologic and IL-6 inhibitor similar to Kevzara. Actemra was a game changer for me but people who have experience with Kevzara should chime in. I wish there was a way to compile everyone's experience with biologics compared to Prednisone. A recent study that attempted to compile social media posts suggested that people have generally more favorable experiences with biologics.

"The experiences people have with glucocorticoids were perceived more negatively than biologics."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41488189/
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I remember when I was reluctant to try a biologic. My rheumatolgist made the following point which was hard to dispute -- "I wouldn't know if it works or not unless I tried it to see."

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Thank you for your reply, It's good to hear other have had success with this. I guess I will give it a try and see what happens, thanks

@dadcue " I wish there was a way to compile everyone's experience with biologics compared to Prednisone." I would be surprised if Mayo is not analyzing these posts.