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What was your experience on Kevzara?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 20 hours ago | Replies (106)Comment receiving replies
Do you continue taking kevzara when you have a cold and cough, viral ?
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@jsue yes, Kevzara no effect for me with a cold etc.
You should report “any infection” to your doctor when you on a biologic. However, I reported a cold once and it seemed to create some confusion about why I reported a cold. I mentioned that stopping the biologic might be needed but they only asked me why?
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@jsue I take Actemra to treat GCA and PMR. Actemra is similar to Kevzara in how it treats the diseases. I was diagnosed 2 years ago. I had 2 colds the first year of my treatment. They both lasted a full 2 weeks, but they weren't any more serious than a normal cold. Six months ago I developed covid, and I asked my rheumatologist if I should postpone the Actemra injection. He said no, that a relapse of GCA and PMR would be much worse than covid. plus Actemra is actually used to treat long covid. The covid case turned out to be very mild and only lasted a couple of days.