Blotchy skin on Kevzara?

Check the Kevzara side effects…..I think I had them when I first started with it. It went away. Note: I was not on any other drugs except prednisone at the time. Never came back.

@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?

@carolweso91
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.

@tweetypie13
Thank you for that information.
I'm at 3mg now (for only 2 days though, so far) and hoping I can stay symptom free. Perhaps now would be when I should be starting Kevzara...in conjunction with my taper-down of prednisone. I'm pretty sure my rheumatologist would be open to that. (This flare up of PMR has caused more side effects from prednisone...memory loss and irritably/anger being the worst of them. Hope these aren't side effects of Kevzara, also!)
Have you experienced side effects on Kevzara? If yes, what are they?
Thanks.

@carolweso91
My dr wanted me on Kevzara sooner, and I resisted. Big mistake….what is your dr waiting for? Kevzara is suppose to help you get off of prednisone. Remember it is not instant relief,,it takes UPTO 3 months.
Check out the Kevzara website…..most useful.
As for me, no side effects, and I have no other health issues. 80yo female, no other drugs either. Super active
Good luck