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Kevzara and Prednisone Tapering before and during Kevzara
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That is great news. I have felt great on the Kevzara. When I was in the Pred my blood pressure climbed and I had to take Amlodapine. Then my lower legs started to swell and they took me off but I had stopped the Pred. I gained so much energy after stopping that drug. I thought my tiredness was coming from the PMR but it was the Amlodapine. I am concerned adding an extra week now on every injection that one day I am going to have a severe breakthrough in pain from PMR. But I guess realistically that might happen again.
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Amlodipine and Losartan were two of the medications I stopped along with Hydrochlorothiazide. I was able to stop all my blood pressure medications one by one during the first couple of years after Prednisone was stopped. My blood pressure on Prednisone was sometimes more than 200/100.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/blood-pressure-issues-while-on-prednisone/
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I had some serious cardiovascular problems when I took Prednisone. I'm off all my heart medications now. I also stopped warfarin but it was for an extensive, multiple and bilateral pulmonary embolism (PE) while I was taking prednisone. The PE was called idiopathic and "unprovoked" but there was a lot of whispering I heard about prednisone being the most likely cause.
I didn't realize that I had a massive PE. Prednisone might have made me have a false sense of well being. I was short of breath but that wasn't unusual because it was my "new normal" after PMR was diagnosed and being on a daily dose of prednisone.
I'm glad a young female doctor blocked the door of the urgent care center and would not let me leave until the ambulance arrived. I thought she was crazy but I was the crazy person.