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Kevzara (sarilumab) to treat PMR

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

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@laurelfagan
How difficult was your prednisone taper and at what dose of prednisone did you start kevzara? I've been tapering down from 25mg because of a subsequent SMM diagnosis. I was doing 2.5mg decreases every 10 days. I'm at 10mg now and holding for 2 weeks, then 1mg drop each week until I reach 5mg. My rheumatologist added 3mg LDN as a bridge. My hematologist oncologist signed off on the use of kevzara almost 2 weeks ago but I'm still waiting for all the other approvals. My PMR is mild to moderate at 10mg with LDN.

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@kjoed53 my Kevzara exp was…..is……
At abt 8 mg prednisone when kevzara started. Kevzara biweekly. Kevzara took abt 2.5-3 months to kick in fully. During that period I was able to taper off prednisone fully. Note: no other health issues.
Good luck