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Reducing predisone side effects
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@kjoed53 Kevzara need to know…..it can take UP TO 3 months to kick in.
My story…..was at 8-9 mg pred when I went in a Kevzara. Was pain free at each taper of pred before tapering again. By 3 months, off all pred and pain free .
My Dr. neglected to tell me that Kev would help me get off Pred. (I did not want another drug) once I understood being able to get off Pred it was easy peasy decision. Kev helps with the inflammation…..I was 11 months good numbers and stopped Kev. Did not work, my CRP went up to much and went back in Kev to stop it.
I gather most people, stay on it a year minimum. Your adrenals return will determine a lot. Good luck.
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I've heard that too. (I've also heard that you can taper kevzara by stretching out the shots from two weeks to three weeks and so on.) Unfortunately for me, my hematologist-oncologist can't get an accurate reading of my SMM while I'm on prednisone. My test results while on prednisone put me at low to intermediate risk SMM, but there's no way of knowing how much my numbers are being suppressed by prednisone. I have to be at 5mg or less for my next blood work on Aug 4. 5mg still affects the SMM markers but it is considered insignificant. I don't want to have another bone marrow biopsy until I'm off prednisone for a month or two. Insignificant to me is just like minor surgery. Minor surgery is surgery on someone else...lol