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Day 4 of prednisone and happy! Stay at 15 or go up to 20?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 21 hours ago | Replies (63)Comment receiving replies
@barjohnson62 this is the same experience as I. I was at 8 pred when Kevzara started. As we know Kevzara takes up to 3 months to kick in, Which it did and I had tapered off all pred. There is no “end time” for kevzara. I was 11 months on Kevzara. Stopped it for 2 months, and my numbers went up, restarted kevzara . Now 3 months later at 3 week intervals. If numbers hold, will stay here.
Don’t forget message above…..
“ You don't want to let the inflammation creep back in at this point -- keep it suppressed.”
“ The PMR is still in there and, I believe, always will be. You just have to learn how not to trigger it once it's suppressed.”
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@tweetypie13 Thanks for sharing that. I will probably start some sort of Kevzara taper in a few months. Good stuff overall, but hope not to be on it too awfully long. A little hard on the immune system. But will try to take my own advice and give my body the patience this disease requires. Thanks again!