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Anyone had blotchy, itchy skin from PMR or from Kevzara?

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 1 8:34am | Replies (26)
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@tweetypie13 Is it necessary to stay on prednisone when taking Kevzara? I thought it could replace it? Also, can you just switch to Kevzara without weaning completely off prednisone?

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tweetypie13 | @tweetypie13 | Aug 20 8:43am

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It’s best not to go cold turkey from Prednisone. My instructions were to taper.
Kevzara takes up to 3 months to kick in.
I was at 8mg, I think, when I started Kevzara, and by the time I was at the 3 month mark for Kevzara and it had fully kicked in, I also had tapered off of prednisone.
You want off prednisone so much, but you will unfortunately pay the price for rushing it, especially since Kevzara is not instant gratification.

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