@pah17 hi, I’ve had PMR since June of 2022. Mine began with a sudden onset headache…like no other headache, more of a searing burning pain, in the crown of my head. I took 2 Tylenol and the next day, it was worse. A few days later, I had full on lower body pain, which moved quickly up my body. It took months to get a full diagnosis, but finally I. Was diagnosed with Occipital Neuralgia and PMR. I was put on Gabapentin, which quickly took my horrible headaches away, and prednisone for the PMR. It took me 5 months to get in to a Neurologist, that specializes in ON…that is still the case, which is ridiculous! Luckily my primary care had put me on the Gabapentin and it worked. PMR and ON, often present together and that’s how mine came on. Since Covid vaccines are being looked at, as a huge spike in auto immune diseases, my Rheumatologist has advised I not get anymore vaccines. I’m 63 and have only had Covid once and it was 2 years after Covid and I’d had 2 doses plus boosters. Everything comes with risk!
My PMR has changed and spread into my Clavicle. It’s rare, but has been documented and a paper was written up about it.
I’m now beginning Kevzara injections, and I have had 2 now. Within a few days of my first injection, my Clavicle pain, which wasn’t an issue, as I had kept it at bay, on my 5mg dose of prednisone…..was now raging! It also flared my ON symptoms shortly after. I read that Kevzara, can make other underlying autoimmune diseases flare. At this point, I haven’t even begun my taper of my steroid, which is why I’m on Kevzara. If this drug is going to trigger this kind of pain, before I even begin to try to taper, then I won’t be continuing it. I have a video chat tomorrow with my Rheumatologist to discuss next steps.
Has anyone had Kevzara cause them to have any issues like this, before you even are near tapering off the steroid?
Thank you in advance!